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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
>>A bit of hyperbole, perhaps?<<

No.

Then I'd appreciate a source that claims that every month a Mexican woman who is in her eighth month of pregancy is dying in the desert while attempting to cross the border.

I'm not denying that some pregnant women have most likely died crossing the border. The part I consider hyperbole is stating that it specificaly happens every month and to Mexican women who are eight months pregnant.

25 posted on 09/29/2007 9:44:27 AM PDT by DumpsterDiver
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To: DumpsterDiver
>>Each year there are several hundred immigrant deaths along the U.S.-Mexico border. The number of deaths has steadily increased since the middle 1990s with exposure (including heat stroke, dehydration, and hypothermia) the leading causes.[1] According to the U.S. Border Patrol, 1,954 people died crossing the United States-Mexico border between the years 1998-2004.[2] In the fiscal year ending September 29, 2004, 460 migrants died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.[1] In 2005, more than 500 died across the entire U.S.-Mexico border.[3] The number of yearly border crossing deaths has doubled since 1995<<

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With the high birth rate among Mexicans and the obvious incentive to have anchor babies, I don't think one per month is an unreasonable estimate.

30 posted on 09/29/2007 10:46:27 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Illegals: representation without taxation--Citizens: taxation without representation)
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