In recent years, border enforcement efforts in California and Texas have helped drive people into Arizona's more difficult terrain. Meanwhile, officials and activists believe stepped-up construction of President Trump's border wall this year, largely in Arizona, could be pushing migrants into dangerous areas without access to food and water. Some officials and activists working near the Arizona border believe wall construction could be sending migrants into riskier places. The Trump administration expects about 450 miles of border wall to be done by year's end, much of it in Arizona. "The wall has sent a lot of people to rough terrain in our area," said Santa Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada, whose jurisdiction includes Nogales, Arizona.

Source: Fox News December 20, 2020 22:07 UTC