Oscar Martinez, a reporter for EIFaro.net, writes about the horrors of the migrants who try to enter the U.S. illegally. I was shocked to learn that 80% of the women migrants are raped by their coyote “guides,” their fellow migrants, and the narcos who use the same routes to smuggled drugs into the U.S. Martinez rides the rails and watches migrants fall off the train to their deaths. The narcos are a constant threat because they shoot first and ask questions later if at all. If there was ever a book to provide evidence of why we should reform our immigration policies, The Beast is it. This senseless system that allows violence, extortion, bribery, rapes, murders, and drug cartels to increase needs to be addressed. GRADE: A
George, I thought the entire border with Mexico was guarded like an impregnable fortress, which doesn’t explain the number of illegal migrants and drugs that still make their way into America. I have heard of horror stories about migration at a global level, especially in Asia and Eastern Europe, mostly cases of drowning at sea or death by suffocation in a jam-packed cargo truck.
We have a relative who worked border patrol out of AZ. It does terrible things to a person.
Prashant, you’re right about the southern border of the U. S. It’s an armed camp. But as THE BEAST snows, there are ways to get over the border. The poor immigrants are preyed upon, especially the women.
Patti, I’m sure the border patrol has to deal with plenty of horrors. THE BEAST presents some chilling incidents.
Prashant, we saw a documentary on the US-Mexico border that made it clear the “im;pregnable” label is nonsense. There will be a long stretch of border fence that just ends, so anyone can walk around it. Also, depite increases in manpower in Arizona there are not enough men to guard such a huge stretch of land. Also, you have laziness and corruption. Plus, as George points out it just doesn’t work. The system, like so many in this country, just doesn’t work.
Sadly, I see no sign that any real fix will be made, just more political posturing.
Jeff, drugs and illegal aliens cross the border every day. Guns and money flows back to Mexico. It’s a terrible situation.
George and Jeff, thanks for the insight. Many in India actually believe that America has systems in place and that those systems work to near perfection. We usually don’t associate “laziness” and “corruption” with security issues in America. For a perspective, the population of India’s largest state is about 200 million, more than half the population of America and as much as the entire population of Brazil, and yet we don’t guard our own porous borders as well as we should. So I can understand the manpower issues along your borders.
Prashant, the U.S. has spent billions on CCTV, drones, and electronic surveillance equipment to protect the Border. I consider most of this a waste of money.
Forgive me if I don’t shed any tears for people who are breaking into this country illegally.