Posted on 07/20/2019 2:15:40 AM PDT by John Semmens
Judging from media accounts and the hyperventilating Democrats, people might have the impression that the death toll for immigrants illegally crossing our southern border is at an all-time high. Such an impression would be mistaken.
During the eight years that Obama was president the annual death toll averaged 372. During the two-and-a-half years that Trump has been president the annual death toll has averaged 291—that's a decline of more than 20% from the death rate during the Obama years.
Immigration expert Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) cautioned us "to look past these bare facts to get the true picture. During the Obama Administration our government was supplying guns to Mexican gangsters. It's only natural that the death toll would've been higher. Apologists for Trump neglect to mention this aspect. In my view, Trump is benefiting from his knee-jerk cancellation of President Obama's sting operation against the Mexican drug-smuggling and human-trafficking cartels. These latest statistics don't refute the charge of racism we've leveled against him."
In other immigration news, six migrant families are demanding $3 million each as "compensation for the torture we have suffered at the hands of the US government. We undertook long and arduous journeys to find a better life only to be arrested for crossing the border illegally. Now we need to be paid." Mark Fleming, associate director of litigation at the National Immigration Justice Center, warned that "failure to compensate these travelers will discourage others from trying to illegally enter the United States and lead to potentially devastating consequences."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/264900-2019-07-20-semi-news-semi-satire-july-21-2019-edition.htm
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AOC, read the directions on you shampoo bottle. That should tie you up for about a week.
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