After a record-breaking year of migrant crossings, Eagle Pass is applying for a grant to help pay for therapy and other mental health services.
The crisis unfolding at the U.S.-Mexico border since last year has spilled over into the fire engines and ambulances of a small Texas town.
First responders in Eagle Pass say they are overwhelmed and increasingly traumatized by what they see: parents drowned or dying, their children barely holding onto life after attempting to cross the Rio Grande.
The emotional strain on firefighters and EMTs has grown so great that city officials have applied for a state grant that would bring in additional mental health resources for front-line workers.
In many parts of the US we create paths for unwanted animals to cross freeways safely. Most are tunnels under, but sometimes it’s a crosswalk over. The idea is that no matter what we do, the animals are going to find a way to cross. We create the paths(at significant expense)so as to avoid unwanted death of the animal, and also to prevent people from hitting them at speed, causing additional injury, death, or at minimum financial burden.
I feel we should either treat these people like humans and help them (legalize their immigration), or treat them like animals and do at least a little bit to prevent them from causing further harm and financial burden. Treating them like terrorists seems to be the worst option.
Honestly I’m surprised the right isn’t clambering for a human hunting license as it is
Why would they do that? They’d rather get rid of all licenses for hunting than add more
I spoke with someone last week who wants armed drones at the border, ready to shoot to kill.
Man’s inhumanity to man…a term coined in the 1700s and we still have not learned to value life.
Well, it needs to be licensed so the government can enforce you only hunting the right people
But then they could end up in a government database!
Man, that’s dark. But you’re right
So, about that…
https://lemmy.world/post/12416469
And trauma. Some of don’t like killing things, even accidentally.
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So we send them back when they get over.
The idea isn’t to let them in. It’s to avoid unnecessary death, because they’re going to try regardless.