Deaths at the Mexico-US border have increased rapidly over the past decade. Casualties have doubled since 1998 due to increased border patrolling and militarization. The result is the redistribution of the migratory flow towards more dangerous and remote areas such as southern Arizona. Although the number of immigrants attempting to cross the border has decreased, the number of victims continues to rise. Immigrants will not stop arriving unless the situation in their countries changes and with more protected borders, they will look for more remote areas to try to cross. We are recording the highest number of victims on the border between Mexico and the United States. Increased border patrols and border militarization are driving migrants to very dangerous and remote areas to cross the border. Unless the governments of both countries do something to fix this problem, people will continue to die on this border. With increased border security, immigration flow in general has been redirected to more remote areas of Arizona. Here in southern Arizona is the "Devil's Highway". The Devil's Highway is a remote desert with a long history of deaths. Many immigrants walk for days in the desert with little water and no food, making it a very dangerous place to lose your life. In his book: “The Devil's Highway: A True Story”, Luis Alberto Urrea gives us the context and events that happen in this desert. Urrea mentions that: “The first known white man to die here in the desert heat did so on January 18, 1541” (Urrea 5). This shows that the death of immigrants here is nothing new. “Most certainly, others had died before. As long as...... half of the paper ......de. 11th ed. Ed. Laurie G. Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell. New York: Bedford, 2010. 650-52. Feinstein, Dianne. “Statement in Support of Comprehensive Immigration Reform.” Models for college writing: A reader and rhetorical guide. 11th ed. Ed. Laurie G. Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell. New York: Bedford, 2010. 655-62. Gamboa, Erasmo, and Kevin Leonard. Mexican Labor and World War II: Braceros in the Pacific Northwest, 1942-1947. 1st ed. vol. 1. Austin: U of Texas, 1990. Print."Immigration Policy." Problems and controversies. Facts On File News Services, April 8, 2013. Web. March 27, 2014. “Minority Rights.” Problems and controversies. Facts On File News Services, March 11, 2013. Web. May 5, 2014. .Urrea, Luis Alberto. The Devil's Highway: A True Story. New York: Little, Brown, 2004. Print.