Photo of Mexican National Guard halting crying migrant mother and child goes viral

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

A photo of an armed Mexican soldier halting a crying migrant mother and her child went viral on social media this week as Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador tightens enforcement.

The Reuters image taken on Monday depicts a Mexican National Guard soldier carrying a firearm pointed to the ground in a dry riverbed between the Mexican city of Juárez and El Paso, Texas.

Guatemalan migrant Lety Pérez crouches in front of the soldier, crying and holding on to her young son, Anthony.

A video of the encounter was published Wednesday by Mexico's El Universal newspaper.



Read more: https://thehill.com/latino/454880-photo-of-mexican-national-guard-halting-crying-migrant-mother-and-child-goes-viral

[riversedge]

1. so sad.

[Bayard]

2. Heartbreaking

So close to the promised land.....

And incarceration and separation.

[Igel]

3. If promised,

then somebody lied.

[Hulk]

4. Couldn't we find sponsors for these desperate human beings?

I know it's how many Russians and other Eastern Europeans have come over. I suspect the same has been true with Chinese, African citizens, etc. Churches sponsor families. I'm guessing there would be hundreds of thousands of American citizens willing to sponsor a family or an individual. Sweet Jesus...where is our soul as a nation!

[Traildogbob]

5. Not just as a nation

As a species. World wide white hate. I am not religious.....because of religion itself, as is. But I sure as hell hope God and Jesus is real as I was taught growing up. That father/son duo will NOT be welcoming of these right wing white super groups. That rapture thingy, gonna disappoint a whole lot of whities. Come on God, just project an image of your middle eastern son in the sky for all to see. Do that, I will gladly join your club. Pretty easy task for ya, less than 7 days to accomplish. Do it for all the brown Christian Refugees that STiLL believe in you after all the hell they deal with. (I'm white)

[Hulk]

6. No argument here....

Our stories sound very similar.

[NickB79]

7. The soldier didn't actually stop her though

Per the article, he was simply there to warn her of the dangers of crossing. The fact he carried an assault rifle was intimidating, but he never laid hands on her from what was shown

She then crossed anyway, and was quickly detained by US agents.

I wonder if she's been seperated from her child yet?

[lunatica]

8. My heart goes out to her and her boy.

To all the refugees.

[Politicub]

9. We have enough space for refugees from Central America. All of them.

They should go through the legal process for asylum protection and have all of the benefits of legal protection they are due, but need not be demeaned or abused while doing so.

[orangecrush]

10. Good Christ.