The BORSTAR elite units save the lives of migrant crossers and release them to other agents. BORSTAR agents, about 200 of them, get advance EMT training that takes about six months, per the Journal, and are responding daily during the busy summer months. Agents worry the summer months' heat will lead to more deaths, especially as more children are being used to cross the border in migrant asylum efforts, according to the report. Pope told the Journal before stopping himself. Since 1998 more than 7,500 people have died crossing the Mexican border, according to U.S. government data.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 30, 2019 18:22 UTC