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This does nothing, but Texas’s program will collapse due to cost soon anyway
It should collapse because it's a program designed to kill people that have the legal right to seek asylum. These christo-fascists are TRYING to kill migrants
Not to be a dick but if they are seeking asylum, wouldn't it be an open shut case for them to walk through the front door and claim it?
Understandable. The US/Mexico border is massive and ports of entry aren't every 5 miles or so. These are by and large exploited and vulnerable people and won't see this as a deterrent. A sizeable portion of these migrants aren't running TO America. They're running FROM being conscripted into a gang or something similar
So wait, what are these buoys made of? Razor wire? I'm confused as to how buoys could have lead to two deaths—the article doesn't go into much detail on what the buoys actually are. Sorry if I sound ignorant, I'm trying to understand. It's just that my only experience with buoys are the ones at lakes and such.
I was reading up on them earlier. They are tethered to the river bed and underneath the buoys is mesh netting. The buoys themselves also rotate, so that you cannot climb over them. My assumption is the currents sweep them into the netting, but I'm not sure. It's really fucked up and they should honestly dump Greg Abbott in the river and see how he fares with the buoys.
Okay, that's a booby trap, not just a barrier. Common law should allow the migrants surviving family to sue the state of Texas for wrongful death. Those things were designed to kill anyone that encountered them, and that's not lawful.
Edit: Frankly, this isn't just civilly unlawful, this is criminal murder. I just don't think Texas would prosecute it and I don't really know that the feds could claim jurisdiction.
I mean, seeing as he's in a wheelchair I doubt he'd even make it that far. Idk how good his breast stroke is lmao
I don't normally advocate dumping wheelchair users into bodies of water, but I'll make an exception for Greg Abbott.
Hear hear
Caring about people in wheelchairs is woke liberal talk. Abbott would gladly allow himself to drown to show people what a true Texan is like.
They are arranged like this.
Sorry for the horrendous source but this Daily Mail gallery of them being trucked in gives you a sense of the scale.
Jesus fucking christ, those things are massive!! Yeah, seeing them next to actual people definitely puts it into perspective. I can certainly see why they're called cruel. They pretty much send a message of 'we don't want you here and we'd prefer it if you'd die trying, actually'
The other thing you can't see is the netting underneath them. It's a death trap.
I don't think that mr. Obrador has a right to say much, his country is a death trap itself and it's his responsibility to make Mexico a better place.
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