Arizona ranked 3rd in U.S. for unidentified human remains

when I read bigots commenting about doing it legally or how they have it so easy sneaking in here and stealing jobs and services it makes me want to load them in a stock trailer and dump their racist asses out in the middle of the desert.

and the very worst part? I've seen the same wingnut comments from long-time DUers so...welcome to DU and don't let jerks like that put you off!

... with a portion of your post. Before I get to that, though, let me preface my comment by saying that 1) there is clearly a demand for a lot of immigration and even migrant labor, so 2) the government needs to get off its but and fix the broken system. Our economy does not work without immigrants, so we need to make it possible for people to come here - legally. That's our responsibility and we've screwed it up mightily.

Having said that, the current (worthless, screwed-up) laws that we have make it illegal to make that trek across the desert to avoid border crossings. I don't see where this state, which has a lot of places it NEEDS to spend money (health care, education, transportation), should be spending our tax dollars to try to track down the identity of people who sneak in, probably with no ID of any type on their person and then have the misfortune to die in the process.

Here's the part of your post to which I refer:





Welcome to DU, by the way.

Without ID they could be from anywhere in Mexico or Central America. Trying to find and match dental records could be a daunting task, if they even exist... Many, if not most, have probably not even been reported as missing in their home country. It is tragic.