06-26-2019, 11:27 PM
Lemon Drop wrote:
In 2018, over 260 people died trying to cross our southern border. Most deaths are from heat, about 50 were from drowning. The number of deaths was actually higher in 2016, before Trump took office. Don't know numbers for 2019 yet but this goes on every year. You don't need an exploitative photograph to tell that story...
No, but more information would be helpful.
These people sought to enter LEGALLY, requesting asylum at a checkpoint.
They were turned away, not because they didn't qualify for asylum and not because the system is overwhelmed, but because the policy of the present administration is to make every effort to turn away asylum seekers who do not come with substantial wealth or an American attorney.
ICE killed those people as certainly as if they were shot by the border patrol. And the orders came from the highest levels of this administration.
If their deaths shine a light on this institutional murder then maybe it adds a little more existential meaning than otherwise.