The Independent is reporting that US boarder agents are kicking over water supplies left in the desert for migrants. I’m not sure why this is not being reported in the news here in the US. According to the European newspaper, “US border patrol agents are routinely sabotaging water supplies left for migrants in the Arizona desert, condemning them to death. Tucson-based groups No More Deaths and La Coalición de Derechos Humanos, said, “The water supplies were vandalized 415 times between 2012 and 2015, which amounted to more than twice a week on average. Over three thousand gallons of water intended for thirsty migrants was sabotaged. The practice of destruction of and interference with aid is not the deviant behavior of a few rogue border patrol agents, it is a systemic feature of enforcement practices in the borderlands.” One migrant from Sinaloa in Mexico took the words right out of my mouth, “I needed water, some of the other people in the group needed water, but we found them destroyed. I felt helplessness, rage. They must hate us. It’s their work to capture us, but we are humans. And they don’t treat us like humans … They break the bottles out of hate.” Over the last two decades, the remains of at least 7,000 people have been recovered from the desert boarding the US. I bet some were children. According to the Boarder Patrol, “Anyone aware of these activities occurring is encouraged to report it immediately.” They say they have invested a lot to save people and ” have a wide-range of programs, resources and infrastructure to allow agents to accomplish their border security mission and preserve human life.” I know that story, but let me tell you another one. If those were Norwegians walking across the desert, do you really think our Boarder Patrol would tolerate their agents sabotaging their food and water supplies. Man I feel you, “It’s their work to capture us, but we are humans.”
Interesting