A recent TV crime show documented eleven individuals from Central America who were found dead from hyperthermia and dehydration in a railroad tank car in Iowa. They paid thousands of dollars to be brought into the US illegally by Mexican smugglers who left them trapped for days.
This is only one example of the thousands who have died or been abducted trying to enter this country illegally, resulting from our federal governments refusal to secure our southern border. The enticement of our porous border makes them risk dangers they don't expect.
Many of these travelers are children who are even more vulnerable to danger.
They're lied to by the smugglers from the beginning of their perilous journey to the end. They're extorted at multiple stops along the way. Sometimes they arrive alive. Some times they don't.
If this is not a reason for our government to do their Constitutional duty to
control who comes and goes from this country, I can't think of one. This country has been complicit in the tragedy that happens to all those who cross our borders outside legal channels.
What we need is for our leaders to stop thinking about recruiting voters and to realize there are humanitarian reasons to have controlled borders.
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