Why Border Patrol is doing more to rescue and identify missing migrants

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : That's when, on June 2, she sent the videos to the Border Patrol.
54% : :: That day, after the Border Patrol called to notify the family that it had found Nieto's body, they got their first call from Perdomo.
52% : A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent scrutinized video of a dying migrant on her cellphone, trying to match the background to the ranch she was searching for his body last month.
50% : In recent years, the Border Patrol had even helped prosecute some who left water and other supplies for migrants in the desert.
50% : Smugglers promised that the men would travel mostly by car, walking only about eight hours in Texas to circumvent a Border Patrol checkpoint.
43% : Now the sheriff's office is working with the Border Patrol to more quickly identify and release migrant remains without sending them for autopsies or DNA testing, which can be expensive and time-consuming.

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