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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBreaking - At least 50 immigrants found dead in tractor trailer in San Antonio
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Breaking - At least 50 immigrants found dead in tractor trailer in San Antonio (Original Post)
mobeau69
Jun 2022
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Botany
(75,482 posts)1. And the wall would have stopped this how?
n/t
Swede
(37,515 posts)2. Horrific.
They have to find the scum that abandoned these people to their doom.
atreides1
(16,799 posts)3. Let's hope they do!
And as in previous cases, the only one to be held responsible will be the driver of the truck!
70sEraVet
(4,974 posts)4. Abbott wasted no time --- using the deaths for political purposes.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, blamed the incident on President Joe Biden's immigration policies.
"These deaths are on Biden," he said in a tweet. "They are a result of his deadly open border policies."
"These deaths are on Biden," he said in a tweet. "They are a result of his deadly open border policies."
TexasTowelie
(123,447 posts)5. Why didn't Greg Abbott step up and stop it from occurring?
After all, he has spent $5 billion in taxpayer funds attempting to close the border.
mobeau69
(12,139 posts)6. What a vile individual he is. There's a lot of that in the puke party.
Boomerproud
(8,982 posts)7. Of course Abbott says this is on Biden.
Oops, he forgot thoughts and prayers. Well, since they were immigrants he didn't forget at all.
Jirel
(2,369 posts)8. That is horrifying.
I dont understand this. All these drivers have to do is let them out *somewhere.* But these mass murders keep happening, as the driver abandons the truck and imagines they wont be immediately traced.