The death toll appears to be one of the highest in recent years.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : For more than a year, Mr. Abbott has poured billions of dollars in state funding into increasing the presence of the Texas State Police and National Guard soldiers at the border.
53% :Crashes near the border are also common, sometimes during chases by law enforcement.
50% : In recent days, law enforcement officials along the border and in nearby counties have expressed concern at the number of arriving migrants in Texas, which has long been one of the most heavily trafficked borders for migrants.
38% : But the effort has been unable to stop the flow of migrants crossing from Mexico either to seek asylum or, in other cases, to evade the authorities and enter the country illegally.
38% : Federal officials have recorded a record number of illegal crossings across the southern border for this point in the year, with more than 44,000 recorded last month just in the area around Del Rio and Eagle Pass, the border city closest to San Antonio.
32% : "This horrible tragedy is a reminder that we need a safe, orderly way for people to claim asylum," said Representative Joaquin Castro of San Antonio, a Democrat.

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