Crisis at the Southern border has been all over the news lately. Susan Collins with Vruz and some other Republicans lurking in the bushes along the Rio Grande, interviews with migrants, etc.
Often with these stories the reporter will say some outrageous sum that was paid to the smuggler-the last one I heard was $6,000 for a woman with baby and child. A lot of times these people get turned right back out again.
Why not by pass the smugglers and let them and their $6,000 in?That's enough to get a place to stay and cover rent for a few months-obviously they want to work and can work or have access to funds-they had to pay the smuggler.
And you know, most of these people want to come here, someone says, I know a guy, takes X amount of money, he will get you in. They may not even know that it is illegal.
The other thing that disturbs me is that they never ealy ask them why they are leaving their homes. One man was said to have said the hurricane that hit Guatemala devastated them.
We were told climate change would cause shifts in populations due to natural disasters, and it is right in front of us on TV but that is not the story we are told. Sometimes I wish the Native Americans had told the pilgrims that they weren't welcome and that they had to go back where they came from.
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