Immigration policy is leading to broken families, children in crisis and border deaths.

Since border security has increased, deaths of (im)migrants and refugees has escalated.

The data: This year, an average of 31,410 captives were held daily in U.S. detention facilities. In 2012, 478,000 foreign nationals were detained — an all-time high. Officially, 2013 saw the second-highest number of migrant remains found on the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Source: www.washingtonpost.com