Tragedy. . .Followed by Idiocy
The tragic death of illegal aliens in San Antonio, and the critical medical needs of others, is hard to stomach. Human trafficking is a crime of the worst sort and prosecution/punishment should be sure and swift.
What follows such tragedy is the inane rantings of politicians (primarily) and the ignorance of those who believe that those rants contain solutions to the issues surrounding such tragedy.
One Texas politician was quoted as saying, “No one should have to die to come to the United States.” What? Other were quick to jump on the dead horse of “immigration reform” and the failure of Congress to get it done. Such rhetoric, when it is accepted as a road to solutions, compounds the problem exponentially.
I could say, “No one should have to die on America’s highways to see our great country by automobile.” But people will die. And most will do so by their own failures (to stay awake for example), the failure of their machines (automobile manufactures should do something), the crimes of others (speeding, DWI, DUI, road rage, where are the cops), or the weather (God ought to fix that). Obviously there are other reason as well, but ranting on and on about “fixing the system of laws” (reform) is foolish at best. There is already a law to do. . .everything needed. Just use them!
The best fix for solving this problem is securing the borders. No one should be in a position to “die coming to America” if they are coming legally, and following the existing immigration’s procedures and processes. Everyone else should be denied entry. . .if for no other reason than for their own safety (not to mention the safety of American citizens).
These people died not because of bad immigration laws, rather, their fate was in the hands of criminals who traffic humans, pay bribes and/or buy a “wink and a nod” from those who have the authority to stop and search, check citizenship, and deny entry. . .and thereby deny death in the back of a truck.
Believers are required by TRUTH to be responsible in meeting needs, providing safety, demonstrating care and concern; all other kinds of people should discover altruism as a lifestyle, but solving crime’s toll on society takes more than wishing and hoping, and attempting to sound relevant to the conversation.
The people who died in San Antonio were killed by crime. Crime! Immigration law is not the killer here. No matter how loud some fools scream, that won’t change.
And that’s today’s rant.