According to CNN (CNN) on September 7, data from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security shows that 748 immigrants have died while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border so far, which exceeds the record of 557 deaths set in the 2021 fiscal year. Border tragedies occur frequently, and the "American Dream" is really too fatal.
" Wall Street Journal " quoted data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection on August 15, saying that as of that time, the U.S. Border Patrol had arrested 1.82 million people in the 2022 fiscal year, which exceeded the record for the full year of fiscal year 2021. U.S. border officials believe that the number of illegal immigrants arrested in the United States may exceed the 2 million mark throughout the 2022 fiscal year. In a report on September 1, CNN portrays the scene of the U.S.-Mexico border town Renosa . Renosa is one of the main border crossings for immigrants to enter the United States from Mexico, and nearly 13,000 people are currently waiting to enter the United States. According to reports, about 150 to 200 immigrants here can obtain permission to enter the United States every day, but thousands of people pour into the border city every week. This has led many people to take risks and choose to smuggle into the United States. Fernando Garcia, executive director of the NGO "Human Rights Border Network", said that due to the US border policy, more immigrants are "forced to choose longer distances and more dangerous routes to the United States."
On June 29 this year, an incident that killed 51 illegal immigrants in San Antonio, Texas. At the time of the incident, the truck full of illegal immigrants was abandoned next to a remote highway in the suburbs of San Antonio. The carriage did not have air conditioning and ventilation systems. Under the scorching sun, it eventually led to a tragedy. Doris Meisner, a senior researcher at the U.S. Institute of Immigration Policy, said in an interview with the " Washington Post " that although the tragedy was "very terrible", "it will never be the last time."
Take risks with the dream of finding a better life, but the American dream of countless people eventually becomes a nightmare. The serious problem of immigration in the United States is precisely the "backlash" of its own hegemony and bullying behavior. Statistics show that in addition to Mexico, illegal immigrants to the United States mainly come from Central and South American countries such as Guatemala , Honduras , El Salvador , and Haiti , and Caribbean and other countries such as Haiti . The main reason for their escape from their motherland is poverty and war. The poverty and turmoil in these countries are often inseparable from the United States. Since the proposal of " Monroeism " in 1823, the United States has intervened in Latin American countries more than 30 times, forcibly exported American democratic to regional countries, engaged in economic plunder, and even instigated regime subversion, which has brought turmoil and poverty to the region. Many Latin American countries have not only failed to share the development achievements of strong neighbors, but have become the "resource warehouse" and "labor market" of the United States, and have been in trouble of political turmoil, economic stagnation and social division for a long time.
In addition, the United States abused unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction to impose economic blockade on some countries, which not only interfered with and undermined the normal economic development and national construction of these countries, but also forced the people of these countries to leave their hometowns and become refugees. The Wall Street Journal said that in recent years, the number of illegal immigrants from Venezuela , Nicaragua and Cuba has grown rapidly, which is inseparable from the economic sanctions imposed by the US government on these countries and the blockade. All these fully demonstrate that the current "refugee crisis" on the US-Mexico border is a "mess" created by the US hegemony policy. What is even more outrageous is that the repeated border tragedies not only did not alert the United States, but instead became a "human blood bun" for American politicians to seek benefits. Illegal immigration and border security have always been one of the focus issues in the struggle between the Democratic and Republican parties in the United States. Republican has long accused the Democratic Party of the policy of opening the border as the main cause of the influx and death of illegal immigrants, while Democrats have tried to turn their focus to combating human trafficking organizations and criticized Republicans for blocking the executive appointment of the White House and pushing for immigration policy reform. As the midterm elections approach, border immigration has become a "weapon" for the two parties to compete for voters and attack opponents.
In the endless mutual attacks by American politicians, no one really cares about illegal immigrants gathered on the US-Mexico border, no one cares about refugees who risk their lives to cross deserts, jungles, and rivers, and no one cares about illegal immigrant children trapped in shelter centers and separated from their parents. The United States should carefully examine and correct its numerous crimes on the issue of difficult immigration, stop playing the role of hypocritical "human rights defenders", and take practical measures to safeguard the human rights and basic rights of difficult immigration. To end the border tragedy, it's time for the United States to take action. (Nie Shuyi)
Source: Overseas Network
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