Opinion by León Krauze: The tragedy in Juárez is what a migration deterrence policy looks like
The U.S. government could insist on establishing a concrete, regional support plan, which could provide essential dignity for thousands of families fleeing authoritarian regimes, violence or extreme poverty.The result is now plain to see: dozens of families destroyed, in the cruelest way, with loved ones perishing in flames.
Hard-line anti-immigration advocates may end up quietly interpreting this unspeakable tragedy as an effective deterrent to future migrants. Such arguments appear wheneverFor now, a sense of foreboding is inescapable. Tragedy will strike again if the governments of Mexico and the United States, both supposedly progressive, do not return to the roots of compassion that they once claimed to defend.
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