Santa was driving...
U.S. Border Patrol agents had stopped a vehicle heading north on Highway 77 when six people got out and fled. Department of Public Safety troopers said that one of those people was struck by the 18-wheeler while running from the agents on an inside lane of Highway 77.
Two women from Mexico were arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol agents. Three others ran into the brush and escaped.
The man who was struck by the 18-wheeler was taken to Christus Spohn Kleberg, where he died just before 2 a.m. He has not yet been identified, but authorities suspect that he may be an illegal immigrant as well.
No charges have been filed against the driver of the 18-wheeler.
Was it a beer truck?
Santa was driving...
.... Immigrant or Illegal Migrant? Immigrants are here legally and usually behave as such .... not skulking around and hiding like a criminal being chased by border patrol.
Probably a good decision.
I think the author meant illegal alien, but just forgot...
Prediction: Border agents will now be told not to chase illegals, lest they run across highway and die.
In all fairness, while they may have indeed been illegal aliens, that is a legal determination, not a state of being, so they should properly be called “Mexican citizens”.
It is important that they be identified as Mexican citizens, because it recalibrates the argument. For example:
“State discusses in-state tuition for illegal aliens”, takes on a very different, and far less sympathetic character if it is rephrased: “State discusses in-state tuition for Mexican citizens.”
It raises the obvious question: “Why is the state even considering paying money to people from another country? It isn’t proper that they are giving taxpayer dollars to citizens of other countries.”
” A suspected illegal immigrant is dead ...”.
As Mrs. Slick Willy would say: “At this point in time, what difference does it make”?
Well that’s it. Time to put up a fence to save them from themselves!
However, they will likely try to ban the 18 wheeler and put up cross-ways for them.
He should get a free wash....
...even though he just got a free grease job.
“Christus Spohn Kleberg”
That name is pretty un-Mexican!
An RPG would have been more efficient but hey, its a start.
It’s unfortunate to see some people taking joy in the accidental death of this unfortunate individual...