Republicans need to start really thinking about what kinds of countries these people are so desperately fleeing before they do any more damage here. But maybe that’s their deference strategy—make things so awful here no one wants to come? Too bad, we will still be a stop on the way to Canada.

Glibness aside—“closing the border” tighter will do nothing to stop migration. Desperate people will find a way, and the harder you make it, the more risk they will take, and the more tragedies like this you will see.

Do Republicans have any ideas for making Latin America better for the people that live there? Doubt it.

Anonymous wrote:The US eagerly hires millions of them to work in construction, kitchens, cleaning crews, agricculture and many other areas.

WHY don't we have a coherent worker visa program that would actually address this?

Pay them fair legal wages and watch food prices go up even more.

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Anonymous wrote:The US eagerly hires millions of them to work in construction, kitchens, cleaning crews, agricculture and many other areas.

WHY don't we have a coherent worker visa program that would actually address this?

Or arrest the employers instead.

I agree with arresting the employers. But employers who hire undocumented workers usually just get a slap on the wrist or a minimal fine. This has been true under Republican and Democrat administrations. Entire sectors of the economy run largely on undocumented labor, and that’s not going to change anytime soon.

Death toll is up to 50.
But, the WH spokesperson claims "our borders are closed." Biggest crock of $hit today.
If our borders are "closed," how did they get in?

You know, if Honduran law allowed women to get abortions (complete ban on abortion for any reason there) maybe we’d see less of this.

If you want to see the kind of misery denying women choice creates, look to the southern border.

Anonymous wrote:The US eagerly hires millions of them to work in construction, kitchens, cleaning crews, agricculture and many other areas.

WHY don't we have a coherent worker visa program that would actually address this?

Or arrest the employers instead.

How awful. I bet everyone one of those 46 souls had a heartbeat and ten perfect fingers and toes, yet all Republicans care about are the cheap political points.

Anonymous wrote:The fact that people have to be smuggled in instead of just walking over the border should make it obvious that our borders are not open or as permeable as they were.

The right lives to have it both ways...migrants walk over for asylum: open border! They get smuggled in: open borders!

Dear God we live in Idiocracy

I don't think they care about logic. They are willfully stupid.

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Anonymous wrote:Do they lock the doors to these trucks? Why not call the police for assistance with a smartphone?

You going to call Texas police? Remember what happened at the school shooting? Abbott has already chimed in. I bet Texas got the calls and Abbott told the police to stand down.

Perhaps Border Patrol would arrive with their whips?

You mean the reigns of the horses? You know the "whips" narrative was proven false right?

DP. Hitting a horse with the reins is considered whipping the horse. I've done it before, on occasion.

Are people exempt from those words?

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Anonymous wrote:Do they lock the doors to these trucks? Why not call the police for assistance with a smartphone?

You going to call Texas police? Remember what happened at the school shooting? Abbott has already chimed in. I bet Texas got the calls and Abbott told the police to stand down.

Perhaps Border Patrol would arrive with their whips?

You mean the reigns of the horses? You know the "whips" narrative was proven false right?

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Anonymous wrote:Do they lock the doors to these trucks? Why not call the police for assistance with a smartphone?

You going to call Texas police? Remember what happened at the school shooting? Abbott has already chimed in. I bet Texas got the calls and Abbott told the police to stand down.

Perhaps Border Patrol would arrive with their whips?

Anonymous wrote:Do they lock the doors to these trucks? Why not call the police for assistance with a smartphone?

You going to call Texas police? Remember what happened at the school shooting? Abbott has already chimed in. I bet Texas got the calls and Abbott told the police to stand down.

The US eagerly hires millions of them to work in construction, kitchens, cleaning crews, agricculture and many other areas.

WHY don't we have a coherent worker visa program that would actually address this?

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Anonymous wrote:The solution is to crack down on employers and social welfare benefits. All contact with any level of government should require proof of citizenship or residency. If you take away the ability to easily work and live without documents, a lot of this goes away.

This is exactly what other countries do.

yes, no one gets freebies and use all the social facilities contributed by taxpayers. On the other hand, the undocumented workers go through tons of human rights issues while doing all this. Not good for anyone as a society. Why don't we stop the employing undocumented workers but issue about 1M or more of labor visa for workers and their families. They pay taxes, we screen out the criminals and the human rights are well protected.

If your solution to immigration problem is to just let a massive inflow of immigrants, then you are just shifting the problem, which will become substantially depressed lower-skilled wages. One of the main reasons for wages not having kept up with GDP growth since the mid 70s is the significant expansion of the labor pool, especially by low skilled immigrants. This is not a "good" or "bad" observation, just an observation of factual data. If you are okay with the continued depression of wages in the US, then go ahead and support an additional 1M labor visas *PLUS* their families.

Anonymous wrote:The fact that people have to be smuggled in instead of just walking over the border should make it obvious that our borders are not open or as permeable as they were.

The right lives to have it both ways...migrants walk over for asylum: open border! They get smuggled in: open borders!

Dear God we live in Idiocracy

Extremely doubtful they arrived across the border in the truck. Every truck is inspected. If they made it across the border in the truck, it means huge corruption within the US Border Patrol/DHS.

They likely walked across the border in the desert and then were picked up by the truck somewhere on the U.S. side of the border at a rendezvous point.