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>> i'm seeing an extreme increase in the number of border crossing deaths compared to other years. >> reporter: so much so, stern recently did something she says she has never done in her 20-year career. she told officials in the 11 border counties she serves that her office is at capacity. >> and so we're asking them to store them at their funeral homes until we have a space available. >> reporter: and in maverick county, one of the deadliest counties, says stern a funeral home there tells cnn they're at capacity too. with the medical examiner not taking the deceased, they are now burying uni...

Recently did something she says she has never done in her 20-year career. she told officials in the 11 border counties she serves that her office is at capacity. >> we're asking them to store them at their funeral homes until we have the space available. >> reporter: and in maverick county, one of the deadliest counties, says stern, a funeral home there tells cnn they're at capacity too. and with the medical examiner not taking the deceased, they are now burying unidentified migrants. in the back of the county cemetery, there are 16 fresh graves. there were no funerals. no family. no flowers. ...

Say stern, a funeral home there tells cnn they're at capacity, too, and with the medical examiner not taking the deceased, they are now burying unidentified migrants. in the back of the county cemetery there are 16 fresh graves. there were no funerals, no there were no funerals, no family. all of these are migrant jane and john does except for one. there's a baby john doe. stern says she has 260 deceased migrants in her custody. the majority died this year from drowning or hyperthermia and are pending identification. despite the dangers, maverick county sheriff tom says the arrival of migrants...