(NEW YORK) -- It's a single, haunting photograph that tells a horrible story, and almost 2,000 miles away, and may have a critical impact on the deadlocked immigration debate in Washington.
The father is seen lying face down in Rio Grande river near Brownsville, Texas -- his 23-month old daughter's arm around his neck -- both dead after authorities said they drowned on Monday trying to cross from Mexico into the U.S.
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Oscar Alberto MartÃnez Ramirez had reportedly ferried his daughter, Valeria, to the U.S. side of the river first before returning for her mother, Tania Vanessa Avalos. But Valeria apparently jumped in after him, and when he tried to rescue her, both were swept away by the current.
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That's bad, yes. What about the kids that get killed in drive bys in the city every year? Ohhh, that's right, we can't blame Trump for that, and it actually takes effort to combat it.
ReplyDeleteHe had the option of getting in line at the gate but chose to cross the river.
ReplyDeleteIt’s incomprehensible that our politicians get paid so much and yet are so stupid.
ReplyDeleteThey want to be everyone’s candy man, but our country is BROKE.
The mother will just have another one by another man and try and pull the same trick to get here illegally These people are just like democrats and see children including their own as nothing more them commodities.
ReplyDelete1:04 Exactly, while it is bad, sad and heart breaking, they still chose to go this route and knew what could happen... There is nothing you can do to stop any of this unless you put up high fences along both sides of the river... Pointless becasue the cartels would just cut them down on the mexico side... I am tired of this bullshit like it is our problem they chose to go into a river and drowned... As long as you have communism and countries run by dictators who steal the wealth from the country or its people, they WILL ALWAYS WANT TO GO TO A PLACE LIKE THE US... But once the US is changed to be a third world country, then what??? The cycle will still continue, they will just try to go to what ever country is better at the time...
ReplyDeleteIt is Trump's fault: he should have drained the river.
ReplyDeleteConsequences, people, consequences.
mr bob
Am I my brother’s keeper?
ReplyDeleteYes you are! But take care of your brothers at home first.
DeleteThe Book of Genesis fails to mention the “brothers at home first” clause...
Delete2:20 You don’t find that in the Bible. It’s in the book of common sense.
DeleteWhat else is in the book of common sense-“thou shalt not commit adultery unless your daughter-in-law is so hot you can’t stop yourself”?
DeleteThey will absolutely drive this picture into the ground, showing it over and over and over again. Why do these children's parents put them in this situation?
ReplyDeleteSo much for Mexican authorities STOPPING THIS BS.
ReplyDeleteCharity begins at home.
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