US border security up, spike in deaths is an unintended consequence

US border security has vastly increased just in the past five years with more manpower, ATV patrols, drones (probably the least effective tool of the bunch), and helipcopters. Just a decade ago crossing illegally over the US-Mexico border via the Rio Grande was pretty easy; now it is much harder.

One unintended consequence of increased border security is that more illegals are dying after crossing the border as they try to avoid checkpoints.

Grim Death Toll Near US-Mexico Border
http://live.wsj.com/video/grim-death-toll-near-us-mexico-border/29E57E77-19E6-45A7-AF3A-EB85C265BAF7.html#!29E57E77-19E6-45A7-AF3A-EB85C265BAF7

Here's a video about how US Border Agents patrol the Rio Grande, the river which makes up 1,255 miles of the 1,969-mile US - Mexico border -- the most frequently-crossed border in the world.

When I show it to my face-to-face classes, at the end I ask "who would want to do that job?" and hands usually shoot up.

CBP Video: Patrols of the Rio Grande Riverhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylqyCmn_DR0