WOW - Irony is - Border Agent pouring out immigrant water

[laserhaas]

Link to tweet

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[shanny]

1. Irony? No. Evil. Depraved, vicious and EVIL.

[Lucca2]

7. Yes,

my first thought, too. This entire "administration" is pure evil and I would like trials held for all of them, especially over this kind of thing.

[populistdriven]

31. Setup a station before the water station for the next running race near you

Wear ICE camos.

Stand there and slowly pour water on the ground.

[Johnny2X2X]

2. This agent deserves to be in prison.

Just following orders...

[FBaggins]

3. You're being set up

This video has crossed the internet multiple times... just waiting for us to express outrage at Trump

The problem is that the video is from 2013 and the group that created it (the ones leaving the water) say that it happened sever hundred times (representing thousands of gallons of water) between 2012-2015.

[kcr]

9. Only because of pedantic fools and/or right wing trolls who claim it's a "set up"

What is your theory on what happened to the 7 year old, then?

[maxsolomon]

12. the "set up" is "Obama did it too". the go-to excuse of Trumpists.

what happened to the 7-year old is that she was not given proper medical treatment when taken into custody - she needed an IV.

negligence, not malice. the usual story.

[Johnny2X2X]

13. Bullshit!

When this occurred is not important, what's important is the fact that we have a President calling immigrants animals and criminals and saying we need to make things hell for them. If this was done under Obama, it was done against Obama's will and against the compassion he represented.

Immigrants are dying because Trump wants them to die.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

20. Not if it's used to better understand that the mission of these agencies is to catch, contain,

punish and hurt rather than find or help.

[UniteFightBack]

29. I agree with you. nt

[pecosbob]

4. This has been going on for some time

this and arresting people leaving the water.

https://www.ndn.org/blog/2010/09/arizona-it-illegal-leave-water-desert-immigrants-who-may-die-dehydration

[2naSalit]

28. Yup.

if you've ever lived near the border during the last 50 or so years, you would know that this is what happens with regularity.

[TruckFump]

5. Emptying the water is nothing short of evil

Maybe some will look at their 7-year-old and think about the horror of the death of the child the border patrol starved of water. I doubt it, but maybe some will come over from the Trump dark side.

[laserhaas]

6. Did Ham'ity just try to use girl's death to justify the Wall?

Link to tweet

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[underpants]

27. Absolutely no shame. None.

[Gore1FL]

8. Trump sucks

But the tweet is in error. Trump policies didn't have anything to do with this 2013 incident. Our hateful polices long preceded him; he simply wants to make them worse.

[Mr.Bill]

11. What it means to me is there are some

very sadistic bastards working for the border patrol. Probably always have been. Trump's policies will only encourage and enable them.

[panader0]

10. Here in So Az there are groups that set out water jugs for migrants.

The Border Patrol kick them over.

[NoMoreRepugs]

14. Border Patrol shirts brown?

[Ms. Toad]

15. The time stamp is right on the video.

Please don't use videos of events cannot be attributed to Trump to illustrate Trump's hateful policies.

(I know you didn't created the meme, but especially since the time stamp is right on the video, it would be good not to perpetuate a false meme. Particularly when the border patrol activities are attributable to Obama, rather than Trump, to the extent they are attributable to the person in the White House at the time of the activites.)

[karin_sj]

17. They are horrifyingly cruel and heartless

This video infuriates the shit out of me. I'm sad and ashamed to share my country with these subhumans. I hope they experience karma for their unconscionable acts and I hope it's soon.

[virgogal]

34. The child was very ill when she arrived----ill from the long trek.

This from NPR this morning.

She probably got better treatment than the many homeless kids living on our streets.

[Beringia]

19. This is from 2013

[laserhaas]

21. WOW - All you correction police keep pointing out the pic is 2013

Are you arguing theres no policy, current day, to dump water?

Can you be so obtuse to the fact the girl died - not of just malnutrition - But due to dehydration?

Nobody said the pic waz this week.

It is just a matter of irony..

Shheesshh!

[virgogal]

33. According to an interview that I heard on NPR this morning

she was already very ill when she arrived---and the father had no complaints over her treatment after she arrived..

[laserhaas]

35. Like that makes it okay?

Really!

[virgogal]

36. She was med-flighted to a hospital----she wasn't ignored.

[KelleyKramer]

37. They put her on a bus for 3 hours

The med flight was when they finally got her some help, but by then it was too late

[Charlotte Little]

22. Everyone Saying It Doesn't Matter That the Photo is from 2013

are totally off base.

The POINT is not that these A-holes have been pouring out water or even that the photo is from when Obama was in office and therefore the right-wingers are baiting the left with its distribution. The girl died because she did not receive a proper medical evaluation upon arrival at the detention center.

The point is that children who've been exposed to the elements for days on end are simply being thrown into holding areas without any consideration. And that is what happened to this little girl.

So, please stop focusing on what these creeps have been doing for years and focus on the fact that a child died IN the detention center because no one cared enough to check her for injuries, heat exhaustion, dehydration, starvation, nothing. They treated her worse than they would a dog.

Let that sink in and then focus your rage where it actually belongs in this instance - at Trump, his administration and at CBP & DHS. All of them deserve to rot in hell for basically discarding a child like trash.

[Caliman73]

23. I agree. We can focus on the actual problem and discuss the cruelty of Trump's policies.

The first thing that should have been done is a health screening on the people, to make sure they were okay, not carrying any illnesses that could spread among other refugees, etc... They were held without attention for an hour and a half. Children and elderly are especially vulnerable and they should receive immediate medical attention.

[Charlotte Little]

24. It breaks my heart

to think how she must have been suffering. No food or water for days and finally she is taken in - only to be ignored.

She died of dehydration and shock. It is just unbearable to think that could happen to such a tiny little soul.

[Caliman73]

26. Yes it does.

And it is utterly despicable of right wing idiots to blame the family for bringing their daughter, trying to seek safety and shelter. People think that immigrants just up and decide to travel all the way from Central America to the US "just because". Utter bullshit. Those people are deciding between certain death and possible death, with the hope that they will get to the US and not have to face those choices constantly.

Our immigration policy needs to begin with one simple rule. Stop helping to mess up the countries in Latin America which creates the push to emigrate in the first place. The US has been messing in Latin America since the late 1700's and it has not been for the benefit of the people. Our Drug appetite and our Drug War are largely driving the power of the gangs and the violence. Our "intervention" in the elections and political system in Latin American countries has facilitated the instability and the civil wars that have engulfed the region.

Most Americans don't ever see that so they can say, "Well they shouldn't have crappy countries and come over here" or some other sanctimonious bullshit.

[Charlotte Little]

25. Good

Link to tweet

[Demonaut]

30. that policy was enacted before trump...it's fucking evil

[virgogal]

32. It's a 2013 Tweet-----what's the point?

[Blue_true]

38. He should be fired. nt