Brooks County

Jurisdictions across the border are now seeing upticks in the number of migrant deaths due not just to a higher number of individuals crossing the border, but also because of higher temperatures. However, Brooks County has historically reported higher numbers than most counties.

Brooks County is just under 1,000 square miles. It’s almost entirely dry, barren and rugged. Some call it the Texas Death Valley, but it’s not a valley.…

Year after year the death toll continues to climb from migrants who succumb to the harsh elements during their unauthorized journey into the United…

It's estimated that in the last 10 years about 700 migrants died crossing the desert in Brooks County. This is ground zero of a South Texas humanitarian…

Every year, an untold number of migrants attempt to cross the U.S. southern border without government authorization. The flow of humanity is persistent…