Life on U.S.-Mexico border is chaotic - but not for reasons that some lawmakers claim https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/060424_border_chaos_op/life-us-mexico-border-chaotic-but-not-reasons-that-some-lawmakers-claim/
As debate over U.S. immigration policy heats up during the 2024 presidential campaign, separating fact from fiction on the U.S.-Mexico border becomes increasingly difficult.
#Tucson #Arizona
Think about that.
Our leaders determined, thanks in large part to generations of Americans’ input, that crushing humanity LOOKS BETTER ON TV than crushing the criminals who exploit those humans.
They wouldn’t choose that path if voters weren’t such bloodthirsty fuckers who choose to let others suffer rather than even just SEE them helped. Don’t even have to do anything, but they’d still rather do harm.
And so our leaders follow. 😡
@TucsonSentinel
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As a researcher who has spent countless hours with asylum-seekers and other migrants, I believe that restrictive policies – from either Trump or Biden – are helpful only to organized crime, which is often controlling immigration on the ground along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Going after the humans looking to live by criminalizing their right to life is easier PR than taking on the cartels.