Dehydrated Mexican teen rescued from AZ desert

This is pretty regular news for the part of the country that I live in, but I think it’s important to bring it up from time to time so the rest of you don’t forget what’s happening along our southern border.

A Mexican teen found in the remote southern Arizona desert with extreme dehydration was rescued by U.S. Border Patrol agents.

Border Patrol spokesman Mike Scioli said the rescue was triggered by a resident who called Tohono O’odham police, who then called the Border Patrol.

Agents found the 17-year-old boy from Chiapas in a remote area of the desert where he had been reported missing. Scioli said the boy was unable to walk because he was suffering from exposure to the elements and extreme dehydration.

The teen was taken by helicopter to a Tucson hospital, where he is recovering.

Monday’s high temperature of 95 degrees was about 14 degrees above average for this time of year, according to the National Weather Service.

Border Patrol agents in the Tucson sector have rescued 96 people in life-threatening situations between Oct. 1 and March, Scioli said.

In that same time period, 55 illegal immigrants have been found dead, according to the Pima County and Cochise County medical examiners offices. [source]

For the sake of those 55 human beings, we need to get our border secured, and make it possible for migrant workers to come into the country legally. How many Mexicans have to die in the desert before people stop pretending there’s not a problem?