TW: violence, racism, & loss of life
As an alternative of working to cross the “Dream & Promise Act” or “Farm Workforce Modernization Act,” NBC Information reporters Jacob Soboroff and Morgan Chesky are reporting that 19 Republican Senators are set “to trip up and down the Rio Grande on @TxDPS boats outfitted with a number of .30 caliber machine weapons.”
The “menace” that they’re play-act “patrolling” towards? Susceptible youngsters in search of refuge in America.
Listed here are a number of the reactions from immigrants and advocates who’re disgusted by this stunt:
The political stunt to finish all political stunts; harmless kids in search of a greater life confronted off by US senators using machine gun boats delivered by the governor who’s making an attempt to distract from rising COVID numbers and a disastrous response to a storm that killed 100 Texans. https://t.co/6tcp7TE65q
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) March 26, 2021
I wrote yesterday the Republican border go to was going to be a stunt: https://t.co/EWljYKRVXl
It is a stunt: https://t.co/dwmk2enPYi
— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) March 26, 2021
👇👇👇👇👇😭 https://t.co/pZsTKEHp1j
— America’s Voice (@AmericasVoice) March 26, 2021
these Republicans are fucking stunt queens
their stunts are harmful and evil and merciless
however they present us who they’re https://t.co/BR2aroA0qq
— Joe Sudbay (@JoeSudbay) March 26, 2021
That is the issue – it isn’t a conflict zone. https://t.co/UDCKTKSH8T
— Allen Orr Jr. Esq. (@allenorresq) March 26, 2021
Yesterday a 9-year-old baby died crossing the Rio Grande.
The kid’s mom and sibling had been discovered by CBP unconscious alongside them.
Think about the desperation it takes for a mom to cross a river together with her kids. These are the human beings persons are utilizing to concern monger.
— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) March 26, 2021
…as a result of Republicans imagine migrants, particularly brown & Black migrants, are criminals. They’re racist. Why is that this a shock? https://t.co/YiElQI9urR
— Jenn Budd (@BuddJenn) March 26, 2021
Yesterday CBP reported that they discovered a mom and her three- and nine-year-old daughters unconscious on an island within the Rio Grande. The older daughter died.
That is who Republicans wish to posture at with machine weapons.https://t.co/CzVf94JZM1 https://t.co/oqkgPqkOrX https://t.co/Hxj2yZxSvk
— Ben Orlebeke (@ben_orlebeke) March 26, 2021
Right here’s the way it goes. Dems make guarantees on immigration reform. Then Rs create this pretend border safety disaster. Dems introduce laws and say, oh we’ve got some Rs on our facet. Then Rs come again and say, we would like extra “safety”. Then Dems compromise. Rs find yourself voting no anyway.
— Erika Andiola (@ErikaAndiola) March 26, 2021
Think about being a ten 12 months previous and fleeing violence, counting on compassion & care from adults. Think about if we’d see the youngsters on the border as such – kids. What if we had brave leaders who had been fixated on options as a substitute of pointing fingers. We’ve got to do higher.
— Reyna Montoya (@ReynaEMontoya) March 26, 2021
These are kids.
It’s shameful they proceed to push the narrative that these kids are a ‘menace’ when they’re merely in search of safety. https://t.co/xjGmgv7kOQ
— KIND (@supportKIND) March 26, 2021
