Border-crossing deaths have reached unprecedented levels in the past two years, climbing to more than 850 for the 2022 fiscal year.
“Now they’re having to use a refrigerator truck to store bodies. This is another aspect of having an open border. It’s a sad thing, but at the same time it’s something that’s underreported by the media,” Cabello said.
“Talking to migrants, especially female migrants, is one price they are having to pay is getting raped. They’re willing to pay that price so they’ll prepare for it, mentally and physically. What you’ll see also is what’s come to be known as rape trees — this is where the smugglers will rape the migrants, they’ll hang their bras or underwear on a tree as a trophy. Another sad part of this that I think gets underreported as well. This is what’s happening here on the border,” Cabello said.
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