A trooper's claim that Texas officials have been ordered to push migrants back into the Rio Grande is horrible, adam_wola says. But even more horrible are official immigration policies that all but guarantee that migrants will die.
In a precursor to what Texas is doing now, the U.S. increased the risks at the border but didn’t deter migrants. We’re in a time of historic migration worldwide, andIn a precursor to what Texas is doing now, the U.S. increased the risks at the border but didn’t deter migrants.
Nobody survives all that, sees Abbott’s buoys and razor wire and says, “What a shame, I guess I’ll have to go back to Venezuela.” Texas State Troopers watch from an airboat as workers deploy a string of large buoys to be used as a border barrier at the center of the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas, on July 11.Those who cannot access these options, though, can expect cruelty: in the expedited removal and deportation process, in ICE’s detention centers or at the hands of Greg Abbott’s police and guardsmen.
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