Migrants say Arizona worth risk of crossing
"Deaths of illegal immigrants in Arizona have soared this summer toward their highest levels since 2005 - a fact that has surprised many who thought that the furor over the state's new immigration law and the 100-plus degree heat would draw them elsewhere along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border."
AMANDA LEE MYERS and JULIE WATSON for the Associated Press, Sept. 1, 2010.