Officers working for Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security initiative have been ordered to push small children and nursing babies back into the Rio Grande, and have been told not to give water to asylum seekers even in extreme heat, according to an email from a Department of Public Safety trooper who described the actions as “inhumane.”
Texas troopers told to push children into Rio Grande, deny water to migrants, records say
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/border-trooper-migrants-wire-18205076.php
13 Comments
DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 3y
Texas, the one star rated state.
gdbjr@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y
Hey now. We are #1.
In the worst states to live in
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/14/these-are-americas-10-worst-states-to-live-and-work-in.html
Tacocuted@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 18 pts · 3y
Going straight to Goodwin's Law, this really does remind me of behavior from soldiers during WWII. I don't know how anyone can do this to other human beings.
Alto@kbin.social · 9 pts · 3y
You're assuming they view the asylum seekers as human, which is a pretty big assumption to make.
Tacocuted@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 4 pts · 3y
That's a fair point. I shouldn't be surprised.
Chozo@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
Unsurprisingly these days, Black Mirror did an episode that very much expands upon this.
Alto@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
Men Against Fire. My favorite episode behind San Junipero
cultsuperstar@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 3y
Uhhh he won't even give his own Texans water breaks. We expect him to show any compassion to kids and babies? This is basically "tell my guys to kill kids and babies without saying kill kids and babies."
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
How Christian of them.
CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one · 6 pts · 3y
How is this not considered attempted manslaughter at the very least? Even non-citizens have rights under our own laws. Whoever issued those orders should be dishonorably discharged and jailed. Seems pretty cut and dried to me.
Chetzemoka@kbin.social · 4 pts · 3y
CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one · 2 pts · 3y
Religion of peace.
Peace from caring about others.