Gov. Greg Abbott has rebuffed demands to remove a floating barrier that Mexico and US officials warned would become a 'death trap' for migrants.

Abbott ‘has the blood of a child on his hands,’ a congresswoman said. ‘No good person would do this,’ said Mexico President López Obrador.

    • Kalkaline @lemmy.one
      12·
      1 year ago

      Trying to escape the country they came from to look for a better life. You think this kid wandered the desert themselves?

      • keeb420@kbin.social
        7·
        1 year ago

        Yeah there’s all sorts of situation ls where someone might try ro get there kid here. It’s sad bit largely a failure of actions and policies we have had in the region. It doesn’t matter if their parents were with them, left behind or waiting for the kid at the destination. All that matters is that there’s a kid dead in a inhumane death trap that should never have been built. Biden should mobilize the national guard and have it removed since abbot isn’t gonna do it.

          • AnonymousLlama@kbin.social
            36·
            1 year ago

            That’s not a helpful statement, just a deflection to a legitimate question. Where are the parents and why are they not here also making the crossing

            • protist@mander.xyz
              32·
              1 year ago

              There are all sorts of reasons unaccompanied minors attempt this journey; information about this is widely available if you read. It’s clear the original question here was intended to try to find a reason to blame the victim and their family rather than the actual cause of their death

      • Blamemeta@lemmy.world
        425·
        1 year ago

        Yeah? Kid went a thousand miles, he didn’t do it alone. And at the most critical point, the actual crossing, where were the parents?

        • Redhotkurt@kbin.social
          13·
          1 year ago

          I find it sad that you feel no empathy for the kids (or their parents), and that your first thought is to assign blame. I don’t see the point in saying something so callous, but perhaps your intention is to spread hate. You wouldn’t be a hateful person now, would you? I suppose only you know the real answer to that. Good luck to you, I know you’ll figure it out one day.