Immigrant deaths near the US-Mexico border at a glance

Immigrant deaths near the US-Mexico border

The number of immigrants who died while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border:

— 492 in fiscal year 2005

— 454 in fiscal year 2006

— 398 in fiscal year 2007

— 390 in fiscal year 2008

— 378 in fiscal year 2009-x

x-2009 figure includes deaths through Aug. 31. Deaths in September, the last month of the fiscal year, haven’t yet been totaled.

Source: U.S. Border Patrol