Two recent articles from the McAllen newspaper. The first is four recent deaths discovered.

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The second a longer article about staffing and role sheriff deputies play. One thing to note about a border wall is it doesn’t really change any staffing situation and an unstaffed barrier will have folks workarounds.

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Meanwhile hiring is still rather slow (9 months according to this article) and unclear if CBP has done much to reduce attrition.

McSally introduces bill to speed up CBP hiring process

A push to speed up the hiring process for Custom and Border Protection applicants on Wednesday as a bill introduced by Senator Martha McSally clears the senate committee.

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Note: Also some deaths further west

Seven migrant deaths reported in 'extreme heat' at U.S. border

Authorities in Texas reported seven migrant deaths on Monday, including those of a woman, two babies and a toddler, showing the danger of extreme summer heat as Central American families surge across the U.S.-Mexico border.

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