“Why is a very rich country like Mexico not providing jobs for its people?
Of course, the media could ask the same thing of America, but we know they won’t.”
I agree. Why is Mexico off the hook. Why is the USA the safety net for this country?
Why won’t the Mexicans allow their people to defend themselves from the drug lords?
I hear the Mexicans are brutal to people who slip across their border. This child was from Ecuador. Why would any loving parent send a child on such a dangerous journey? Did the parents travel together to the USA, yet expect a 12 year old to make it by herself? I would imagine they were sending money home to feed her. She was with her grandparents, so she would have been safe. This was selfish of the parents to make this child take this dangerous journey.
Perverse incentives are part of it. As for Mexico, I’d have thought they’d be happy to help her on her way, but not to squat.