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Photo Shows A Father And Daughter Who Drowned Crossing The Border. The Story Behind The Image (tr)
Daiywire ^ | 6/26/2019 | Matt Walsh

Posted on 06/27/2019 6:16:02 AM PDT by RightGeek

This was not a family turned coldly away as it fled violence and oppression. They were not turned away at all. They simply grew impatient waiting for the bureaucratic wheels to turn. Indeed, family members confirm that the family was not being persecuted in its home country:

Oscar worked at a Papa Johns pizza restaurant, where he was earning $350 a month.

They lived off his wage, limiting themselves to $10-a-day, because Tania had already quit her job as a cashier in a Chinese restaurant to care for Valeria, their only child.

...They were not fleeing violence, Tania's mother has since said, but were in desperate search of a life where they could earn more.

Their plan was to spend a few years in America to save up enough money to eventually return to El Salvador and buy or build their own house.
We have stretched the concept of "persecuted on account of race, religion, or social group" into meaningless if we include those who are (understandably) distressed by low wages. If you blame the terrible deaths of Oscar and Valeria Ramirez on Trump, you must be arguing that the President should have personally moved the Ramirez family to the front of the asylum line. Or else that he should have instated a general policy that grants immediate asylum to anyone in the world who wants to come here for a few years to make some money and then return home. This would be absurd, of course.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailywire.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: bordersecurity; drowning; fakenews; illegals; propaganda
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To: Bratch

There should be a website full of these.


61 posted on 06/27/2019 8:53:57 AM PDT by cradle of freedom
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To: cradle of freedom

Very accurate


62 posted on 06/27/2019 8:59:43 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Stingray51

Would Obama be blamed if it happened during his presidency?


63 posted on 06/27/2019 9:08:01 AM PDT by cradle of freedom
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Bookmark


64 posted on 06/27/2019 9:08:59 AM PDT by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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To: gaijin

65 posted on 06/27/2019 9:18:03 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: caww
All material from the Associated Press must be excerpted regardless
of source (very brief excerpts). AP photos are not allowed.

Updated FR Excerpt and Link Only or Deny Posting List due to Copyright Complaints

You may want to hit the abuse button and get the image removed.

66 posted on 06/27/2019 9:25:05 AM PDT by deport
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