I was raised by the Luke, the Good Samaritan Bible story. How about you?
Some Border Patrol Agents are cruel, making a joke of the drowned immigrants, and some illegal immigrants have killed US citizens. Does either situation support blaming ALL Border Patrol Agents and ALL illegal immigrants for bad behavior?
El Salvador accepts blame for the drowned victims. That's the end of blaming. Now let's go about fixing the situation.
"Óscar Martínez drowning: El Salvador takes blame"
BBC 1 July 2019
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48823102
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El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has said his country is to blame for the death of a father and daughter who drowned while trying to reach the US.
Mr Bukele told the BBC his government had to fix the issues that forced people to migrate in the first place.
Mr Bukele, who took office a month ago, promised he would work to make El Salvador a safer and better place.
The bodies of Óscar Martínez and his daughter Valeria, who drowned in June, were buried in El Salvador on Monday.
About 200 relatives and friends attended the private funeral in the capital, San Salvador."
"US immigration: Drowning exposes risks of illegal crossing"
BBC 26 June 2019
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48767529
"El Salvador's government has warned people against risking their lives to reach the US after a man and his baby daughter drowned in the Rio Grande.
Photos of their bodies, found face down in shallow water with the 23-month-old girl's arm around her father's neck, have sparked condemnation.
"I hate it," US President Donald Trump said later of the photos.
This comes as the US and Mexico implement tougher policies to stem the flow of undocumented migrants.
Most of them are from Central America. At least six have died in recent days.
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Many of the migrants say they are fleeing violence and poverty in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, and plan to seek asylum in the US.
Critics of Mr Trump's tougher stance on immigration say his approach is driving migrants to take more dangerous routes."
"A Facebook group for border agents was rife with racism and sexism. Now DHS is investigating."
By Eli Rosenberg General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news
July 2, 2019
"Federal officials are investigating whether agents participated in a private Facebook group for Border Patrol employees that hosted racist, sexist and sexually violent memes about immigrants and officials such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after a report by the investigative site ProPublica.
Matthew Klein, an assistant commissioner at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, called the Facebook group’s posts “disturbing” and said that the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security, of which CBP is a part, began an investigation.
The posts on the private group, which says it is for current and former Border Patrol agents, included caustic remarks about the deaths of migrants, sexually explicit images edited to include Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and xenophobic asides and comments, according to ProPublica. The Washington Post was not able to confirm the existence of the group, called “I’m 10-15,” after the law enforcement code for “aliens in custody.” The private group is not visible to people who aren’t members.
“Where Old Patrol meets New Patrol,” the group described itself, according to images ProPublica shared. “We are family, first and foremost. This is where the Green line starts, with us.”
Some of the memes shared on the group’s page that ProPublica reported on include a photo illustration that depicts Ocasio-Cortez being forced to give oral sex to President Trump. Another depicted her giving oral sex at a detention center for immigrants, ProPublica reported. On a post about a 16-year-old migrant who died in Border Patrol custody, group members responded with crass comments such as, “Oh well,” and “If he dies, he dies.”
One commenter talked about starting a fundraising site to support a Border Patrol agent to throw burritos at Ocasio-Cortez and another lawmaker, Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Tex.), who were part of a Democratic delegation that visited immigration facilities and detention centers in Texas on Monday."
"Ocasio-Cortez says dispute with Border Patrol agents started after one tried to take a ‘stealth selfie’"
By Katie Mettler Reporter covering breaking news and features
July 2, 2019
"After a day spent tweeting about the behavior of Border Patrol agents and the facilities they manage, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) took to the platform again late Monday night to respond to accusations in a news report that she “screamed” at officers in a “threatening manner” while touring one Texas site with other members of Congress.
The report in the Washington Examiner quoted two unnamed witnesses who claimed that they, along with 40 other people, saw Ocasio-Cortez “crying and screaming and yelling” at a Border Patrol facility in El Paso. The report claimed that agents wanted to respond but were held back because she is a lawmaker.
“To these CBP officers saying they felt ‘threatened by me,’ ” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted in response. “ . . . They confiscated my phone, and they were all armed. I’m 5’4”. They’re just upset I exposed their inhumane behavior.”
In a statement Tuesday, the congresswoman’s communications office called the Examiner’s report an “inaccurate depiction of events.”
“The Congresswoman spoke sternly to a CBP agent that tried to take a stealth selfie with the Congresswoman in a mocking manner, despite the gravity of the situation,” the statement said."
