Saludos, mc ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ACCESS DENIED <donotreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 2013/5/27 Subject: Weekly digest for May 27, 2013 To: mcduquep@xxxxxxxxx ** nkline posted: "U.S. News Although Border Patrol apprehensions have lessened in recent years, the deaths of migrants in the Arizona desert due to dehydration and heat exhaustion have remained high. Last fiscal year there were 463 deaths, a number rivaled only by the " New post on *ACCESS DENIED* <http://accessdeniedblog.wordpress.com/author/nkline1/> News Round Up In-Brief<http://accessdeniedblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/news-round-up-in-brief-48/> by nkline <http://accessdeniedblog.wordpress.com/author/nkline1/> *U.S. News* - Although Border Patrol apprehensions have lessened in recent years, the deaths of migrants in the Arizona desert due to dehydration and heat exhaustion have remained high.<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/us/immigrant-death-rate-rises-on-illegal-crossings.html>Last fiscal year there were 463 deaths, a number rivaled only by the 2005 fiscal year, in which there were three times as many apprehensions. Advocates and experts agree that as “border security” is tightened, migrants take increasingly remote and dangerous routes into the country. The *New York Times* obtained a map of the deaths<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/05/21/us/migrant-deaths-in-southern-arizona.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y>from Tucson-based humanitarian organization Humane Borders and photographs of migrants' belongings<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/05/20/us/border-remains.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y&_r=0>, currently being held along with 744 sets of unidentified remains at the Pima County medical examiner's office. - The Senate immigration bill leaves intact considerable delays and obstacles for immigrants' access to health care<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/07/senate-immigration-bill-leaves-women-s-health-needs-unanswered.html>, particularly to Medicaid. Undocumented immigrants on the proposed path to citizenship will have to wait an additional five years to become eligible for Medicaid (if they qualify), following the end of the 10-year “Registered Provisional Immigrant” status. Read more of this post<http://accessdeniedblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/news-round-up-in-brief-48/#more-2293> *nkline <http://accessdeniedblog.wordpress.com/author/nkline1/>* | May 23, 2013 at 1:36 pm | Categories: News Round Up In-Brief<http://accessdeniedblog.wordpress.com/?cat=41713298>| URL: http://wp.me/pIK8x-AZ Comment<http://accessdeniedblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/news-round-up-in-brief-48/#respond> See all comments<http://accessdeniedblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/news-round-up-in-brief-48/#comments> Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions<https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=629a4a38a6594907018f51c68b361df4&email=mcduquep%40gmail.com>. *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://accessdeniedblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/news-round-up-in-brief-48/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com>