On average, one migrant worker dies every day. They fall victims to dehydration, heatstroke, drowning, hypothermia, suffocation or, as in several recent cases, gunfire from anti-immigrant vigilante groups. The increased enforcement has also made the immigrant workers more dependent upon the coyotes to find a means of getting across. They in turn have raised their fees, charging $1,500 a person or more.
World Socialist Web Site 16 May 2003{why am I embarrassed, or almost embarrassed, when I link to these guys, but not to the NYTimes?}
