Officials and politicians naturally expressed shock and
horror at the deaths of 10 migrants crammed into a sweltering tractor-trailer
in San Antonio the night of July 22. The political class blamed human
traffickers; the truck’s driver, who appears to be African American, may face
the death penalty. But of course these deaths were just among the latest in the
thousands that these same officials and politicians have caused through
stepped-up border enforcement dating back to the Clinton administration.
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| Frank Fuentes |
The death of Frank Fuentes is a case in point. Fuentes, a
young man who has lived in Virginia and Maryland since the age of two, was one
of the “gang members” and “bad hombres” Trump and Sessions have targeted for
removal from the country. Deported to Guatemala, the recent high school
graduate and DACA recipient was trying to return to his family in Maryland. Friends said he was pursuing a degree a local community college.—TPOI editor
Human smuggling is a deadly problem—and hardline immigration
policies will make it worse
By Marie Solis, Mic
July 26, 2017
Sunday’s discovery that between 30 and 40 people had been
smuggled across the border in the back of a tractor-trailer — and the
subsequent reports that 10 of those people died from the sweltering heat — was
a startling one. But historically speaking, it’s not too unusual.
Deadly human smuggling has been a problem for decades.
Aggressive anti-immigration policies and rhetoric have only made the practice
more commonplace, with smugglers or “coyotes” making millions off of immigrants
desperate to enter the United States.
With President Donald Trump in office, experts said the
problem may only grow worse.[…]
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Victim of Hot Tractor-Trailer in Texas Was Va. High School
Graduate
"Frank learned from his mistakes, but he was robbed
at a shot to fulfill his dreams. A broken immigration system within a broken,
less than fortunate community. Frank was on his way to receiving an associate's
degree at Nova. Do you know the positive impact that would have had on the
Fuentes family?"
By Jackie Bensen, NBC4 Washington
July 25, 2017
Two years before he suffocated to death in the sweltering
cargo area of a tractor-trailer in Texas, Frank Guisseppe Fuentes graduated
from J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, Virginia.
At least 100 people were found crammed inside a big-rig
trailer Sunday morning at a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio, 10 of whom
died, including 19-year-old Fuentes. Many more were taken to the hospital to be
treated for dehydration and heat stroke.
The driver of the tractor-trailer has been charged with
transporting immigrants into the United States illegally. Eight people were
found dead inside the broiling truck's trailer and two others died later at
local hospitals from extreme dehydration and heatstroke.
Fuentes migrated from Guatemala to the U.S. with his parents
when he was just 2 years old, according to the Washington Post.[…]
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