Brad Jones
ON THE RECORD · 7 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“For every migrant’s remains that you find, how many do you not find?”
Brad Jones · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Brad Jones questioned how many unrecorded migrant deaths occur in the desert.
“But when you accumulate them,”
Brad Jones · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Brad Jones pointed out the cumulative toll of ongoing migrant deaths.
“Suppose that every single July for 26 years straight, a Boeing 737 with between 100 and 250 passengers crashed right in the Arizona desert,”
Brad Jones · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Brad Jones compared the annual scale of desert migrant deaths to a major plane crash.
“There’s estimates that the true number of migrant deaths ranges as high as four times what we’ve seen,”
Brad Jones · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Brad Jones stated that the actual number of migrant deaths likely exceeds reported figures.
“we’re talking large numbers of deaths in any given year.”
Brad Jones · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Brad Jones noted that cumulative desert casualties result in large numbers of deaths annually.
“disappear without a trace pretty quickly”
Brad Jones · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Brad Jones described how scavengers and desert conditions rapidly obscure human remains.
“We’d be up in arms. You’d be freaking out.”
Brad Jones · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Brad Jones contrasted public reactions to sudden disasters with the reaction to continuous desert deaths.