Immigration Watch International (2): 150 immigrants discovered in tractor-trailer in Mexico

Friday, August 26, 2022

150 immigrants discovered in tractor-trailer in Mexico — just two months after fatal truck horror

Another 150 immigrants were found stashed inside a tractor-trailer in Mexico — almost two months after 53 immigrants died inside a sweltering truck in Texas, US Border Patrol said Wednesday.

A photo released by Border Patrol shows the migrants crammed into the back of an 18-wheeler. Some of the men in the photo are shirtless, likely because of the heat.

It’s unknown how hot the truck was when it was intercepted by Mexican authorities or if the truck had ventilation.

“This has proven to be a deadly tactic that smugglers use,” tweeted Chief Patrol Agent Jason D. Owens of the Border Patrol. “Luckily, no one in this large group needed medical assistance.”

He did not say when the truck was intercepted.

With the coordinated efforts of Del Rio Sector and the Government of Mexico an 18-Wheeler carrying 150 undocumented migrants traveling towards the United States was successfully interdicted.

Criminal organizations are known to smuggle immigrants into Texas inside such tractor trailers.

In June, 53 immigrants were found dead inside the back of a stifling big rig in San Antonio in what authorities have called the deadliest smuggling attempt in US history.

Initially, 46 immigrants were declared dead when the truck was discovered in San Antonio’s outskirts, but the death toll later rose to 53 after more immigrants died in the hospital when their hearts stopped multiple times, a bishop who visited the immigrants in the hospital told The Post.

Two Texas men have been indicted in connection the mass deaths, including the driver who was allegedly high on meth when he drove the immigrants from Laredo to San Antonio, authorities said.

https://nypost.com/2022/08/18/150-immigrants-in-tractor-trailer-rescued-before-entering-us/

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Postings from Brisbane, Australia by John Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.) -- former member of the Australia-Soviet Friendship Society, former anarcho-capitalist and former member of the British Conservative party.

Why is "La Raza" the one Spanish term that is NEVER translated in the American mass media? Because translating it would make it a lot less respectable. It means "THE RACE" -- The mixed Hispanic "race" of Mexico. Racism is fine South of the Rio Grande only, apparently.

The "line" of this blog is that immigration should be SELECTIVE. That means that:

1). A national government should be in control of it. The U.S. and U.K. governments are not but the Australian government has shown that the government of a prosperous Western country can be. Up until its loss of office in 2007, the conservative Howard government had all but eliminated illegal immigration. The present Leftist government has however restarted the flow of illegals by repealing many of the Howard government regulations.

2). Selectivity should be based on "the content of a man's character, not on the color of his skin", as MLK said. To expand that a little: Immigrants should only be accepted if they as individuals seem likely to make a positive net contribution to the country. Many "refugees" would fail that test: Muslims and Africans particularly. Educational level should usually be a pretty fair proxy for the individual's likely value to the receiving country. There will, of course, be exceptions but it is nonetheless unlikely that a person who has not successfully completed High School will make a net positive contribution to a modern Western society.

3). Immigrants should be neither barred NOR ACCEPTED solely because they are of some particular ethnic origin. Blacks are vastly more likely to be criminal than are whites or Chinese, for instance, but some whites and some Chinese are criminal. It is the criminality that should matter, not the race.

4). The above ideas are not particularly blue-sky. They roughly describe the policies of the country where I live -- Australia. I am critical of Australian policy only insofar as the "refugee" category for admission is concerned. All governments have tended to admit as refugees many undesirables. It seems to me that more should be required of them before refugees are admitted -- for instance a higher level of education or a business background.

5). Perhaps the most amusing assertion in the immigration debate is that high-income countries like the USA and Britain NEED illegal immigrants to do low-paid menial work. "Who will pick our crops?" (etc.) is the cry. How odd it is then that Australians get all the normal services of a modern economy WITHOUT illegal immigrants! Yes: Before the pandemic, you usually COULD buy a lettuce in Australia for a dollar or thereabouts. And Australia IS a major exporter of primary products.

6). I am a libertarian conservative so I reject the "open door" policy favoured by many libertarians and many Leftists. Both those groups tend to have a love of simplistic generalizations that fail to deal with the complexity of the real world. It seems to me that if a person has the right to say whom he/she will have living with him/her in his/her own house, so a nation has the right to admit to living among them only those individuals whom they choose.

I can be reached on jonjayray@hotmail.com -- or leave a comment on any post. Abusive comments will be deleted.

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150 immigrants discovered in tractor-trailer in Mexico — just two months after fatal truck horror

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