Here's your grim pie chart of the day, documenting the cause of death of migrants attempting to cross the U.S. Mexico border in 2008, from an ACLU report on border crossings:
"Skeletal remains" refers to those bodies so decomposed that cause of death couldn't be determined. Perversely, increased border enforcement seems to have the effect of making crossing more dangerous and professional smugglers more money without actually dissuading people from going over. All of which makes the obsessive public focus on border enforcement more bizarre and counterproductive.
