Illegal immigration at the southwest U.S.-Mexico border is a rising problem, and the death toll is increasing as more people are attempting to illegally enter the United States, according to Pierrette Handagneu-Sotelo, a sociology professor at the University of Southern California.

Handangeu-Sotelo traveled to campus Wednesday afternoon to discuss the issue and an annual event called La Posada Sin Fronteras, a collective ritual that calls attention to the deadly results of illegal immigration.

Handagneu-Sotelo said nearly 33 million immigrants have come over to the U.S. in the last several decades because of the difficulty of legal migration.

"Immigration is a deeply contested issue," Handagneu-Sotelo said. "It's a key social problem in the U.S. today."

In order to legally migrate into the United States from Mexico, an immigrant needs to qualify — he or she must either have a close relative who has citizenship and lives in the United States, or an employer in the......

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