On Monday, June 27, San Antonio police and firefighters were called about a parked 18-wheeler on the far south side of town that contained people calling for help. The people were illegal aliens being smuggled into the U.S., and fifty-three of them have died in the worst human smuggling tragedy in recent recorded history.
The driver fled on foot and is being sought by SAPD. The trailer truck was registered to two illegal aliens who have been arrested and detained, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has taken the lead in the investigation.
This tragedy was predictable because the liberal Biden Administration’s border policies encourage illegal immigration. Unfortunately, the cartels and human smugglers prey on the most vulnerable people, who charge them as much as $10,000 per person.
The goal of illegal aliens is to get as deep into the U.S. as possible to better avoid deportation. The Biden administration will release them, and there is little or nothing it does to remove or deport them.
Catholic Charities and other non-profit immigrant rights groups were called to help the survivors. However, liberal politicians immediately started using the tragedy (as they did in the Uvalde shooting) to promote their political agenda of an open border.
Politicians and the local liberal media immediately began posturing to promote their narrative. Democrat Rep. Joaquin Castro blamed Title 42 instituted by Pres. Trump for the tragedy.
Title 42 prevents COVID-infected and other sick aliens from entering the U.S. However, instead of being concerned for the health and safety of American citizens and a secure border, Castro advocates for a more open border. Castro should be ashamed that he and his Party encourage the cartels to smuggle illegal aliens and drugs into the country.
Ironically but not surprisingly, Democrat gubernatorial candidate Robert (Beto) O’Rourke and Rep. Joaquin Castro have NOT blamed the Biden “open border” policies for the migrant deaths. Instead, they want a more open border and easier entrance to the United States “to save migrant lives.”
However, what about the lives of Americans? What about discouraging people from risking their lives by entering the country illegally? What is the purpose of a national border if it is not respected or defended?
The Democrats blame the border and border law enforcement for the tragedy, just as they blame guns for crime and violence. Their extreme liberal reasoning surmises that if there were no laws there would not be a crime.
Another problem is the biased reporting by the local San Antonio news media, such as the SA Express-News, the San Antonio Current, the San Antonio Report, and several television news teams. The Democrats and leftist community leaders were quoted and highlighted in a positive, sympathetic light, but Republicans and conservatives were mocked and criticized for being inhumane toward “migrants.”
However, the news media ignore the fact that illegal immigration is dangerous, and legal immigration is not. The news media should emphasize that point.
In conclusion, just as guns were blamed for the recent Uvalde shootings, border enforcement and security are blamed for illegal aliens risking their lives to enter the U.S. without permission and with the help of criminal cartels. Illegal immigration is a crime, and it should not be excused, encouraged, or rewarded.
Liberal border policies are responsible for this tragedy. We need an “America First” border policy and law enforcement that discourages and punishes ILLEGAL immigration.
People who come to the U.S. legally do not endanger their lives. That should be the message to the world.