The Department of Homeland Security announced on May 28, according to U.S. News & World Report, that “certain families apprehended crossing the border between ports of entry will be placed on so-called ‘dedicated dockets’ in immigration courts in 10 cities chosen for their legal resources and capacity to handle the cases.”
Unusually high temperatures along the border have American authorities fearing the worst. On June 3, Don White, a sheriff’s deputy from Brooks County, Texas, told The Washington Post, “It’s going to be a brutal summer. I’ve never seen so many people coming through. It’s just crazy now.” Just this year so far, county law enforcement has recovered 34 bodies and human remains.
“The river flows on like a breath,
In between our life and death,
Tell me who’s the next to cross the borderline.”