Thursday, May 4, 2017

the land of the free with a cost

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/04/us/texas-border-migrants-dead-bodies.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fus&action=click&contentCollection=us&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront

This article by Manny Fernandez is about many immigrants who's remains have been found many years after. This article doesn't directly talk about our United States Government but I believe they have a lot to do with what this article talks about.
 More than 6,023 deaths have been documented as immirgrants who didn't make it along the way, many died of hydration, hypothermia, or hunger. Reminds found spread out though the lands of Texas.
With all these changes going through our American Government it is very disappointing to see how this nation has taken opportunities from immigrant families. New laws  have broken families.
Immigration isn't the biggest problem in this country, While many think it is it really isn't. Many people come to this country to seek a better life, a better opportunity. Many escape violence, poverty, and hunger. The article mentions how  many of the remins  have been found berried in milk crates a few miles aways from the Texas border check points. "Someone had buried an unidentified migrant in a milk crate and wrapped it in a red biohazard bag. Inside the lidless crate were skeletal remains — a cranium, ribs and other bones — and a red bandanna."  According to the article No DNA sampling was ever done, nor  the bodies were identified and according to the Texas rangers this is nothing illegal according to Texas laws. I think that just like our  government wants to enforce laws to send illegal immigrants back, they should  first worry about identifying the bodies of those who have lost their lives along the way and properly burying them. 

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