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williegoat MAR 02, 03:59 PM
There was a crash this morning on a rural highway just outside Holtville, CA, about about 10 miles north of Mexicali, BC. The Ford Expedition had 27 passengers (that's right). At least 15 have died and I expect more will.
It has been a few years (four, to be exact) since stories like this were commonplace in the southwestern border states.

Although the news reports have not said so, I would bet good money that I know exactly what happened.

Illegal border crossings, including those of unaccompanied minors have been increasing exponentially, over the last few months. There are too many kids now for the cages, so they are now being stored in shipping containers. You think I am kidding?

I expect many more will die in the desert just south of me this coming summer, abandoned by the very same coyotes that extorted a lifetime of savings from their families.

Uncontrolled borders are the antithesis of compassionate, humanitarian immigration policy. All of the deaths will be blood on Joe's hands.

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olejoedad MAR 03, 08:09 AM
Does Joe.realize that he has hands?
MidEngineManiac MAR 03, 08:55 AM
27 crammed into an SUV...

Immigrant control by any means....

Including terminal stupid.
sourmash MAR 03, 09:19 AM
It's not about Joe. Joe will be gone before his term ends, but the policy won't change.

Get used to it because the party of surrender has a capital R and they aren't going to save you from the capital D party. Demographics is destiny and they know the tide is rising. We're only 350 million people. And plenty of Americans want this happening. There are billions of people who want what Americans have. And they're coming.
williegoat MAR 03, 03:38 PM

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Originally posted by olejoedad:

Does Joe.realize that he has hands?


Tara Reade could answer that.

As I suspected, the crash is being investigated as a case of alien smuggling.

I was in Puerto Penasco many years ago talking politics with one of the locals when one of the girls I was with jokingly suggested that she wanted to smuggle the guy back to the USA with her. I told her that would make her a coyote, then turned to the guy and asked' "Es un poco peligroso, usar los coyotes, no?". He looked at me very wide eyed and exclaimed, "Es MUY PELIGROSO!"

Most Americans have no idea what goes on in that business. Most would be shocked.

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Jake_Dragon MAR 03, 04:06 PM

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Originally posted by williegoat:

Most Americans have no idea what goes on in that business. Most would be shocked.




You would be shocked by the amount of Americans that don't give a **** about human trafficking's when it doesn't impact them personally.
I would even go out on a limb and state that they feel the same way about most issues.
2.5 MAR 03, 04:13 PM

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Originally posted by olejoedad:

Does Joe.realize that he has hands?



Perhaps he thought they were only used to sign things...
williegoat MAR 03, 04:23 PM

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Originally posted by Jake_Dragon:


You would be shocked by the amount of Americans that don't give a **** about human trafficking's when it doesn't impact them personally.
I would even go out on a limb and state that they feel the same way about most issues.


If they knew what many are willing to go through, just to come to America, they might fiddle a different tune.

The left is using and abusing these people, chewing them up and spitting them out, all for political gain. Cogent analogies can be made between the left's immigration and environmental policies.

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maryjane MAR 03, 08:19 PM
the SUV drove in to USA thru a hole in the fence


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HOLTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The 13 people killed in one of the deadliest highway crashes involving migrants sneaking into the U.S. had entered California through a section of border fence with Mexico that was cut away, apparently by smugglers, immigration officials said Wednesday.

Surveillance video showed a Ford Expedition and Chevrolet Suburban drive through the opening early Tuesday, said Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol's El Centro sector chief. The video has not been publicly released because it’s part of an ongoing investigation.

The Suburban carried 19 people, and it caught fire for unknown reasons on a nearby interstate after entering the U.S. All escaped the vehicle and were taken into custody by Border Patrol agents.

The Expedition crammed with 25 people continued on, and a tractor-trailer struck it a short time later. Ten of the 13 killed in that crash have been identified as Mexican citizens. The Border Patrol said its agents were not pursuing the vehicle before the wreck.

The opening in the fence was about 30 miles (48 kilometers) east of the crash in the heart of California’s Imperial Valley, a major farming region now at the height of a harvest that provides much of the lettuce, onions, broccoli and winter vegetables to U.S. supermarkets.

It was made of steel bollards that were built before former President Donald Trump blanketed much of the border with taller barriers that go deeper into the ground. Photos show a panel of eight steel poles was lifted out and left on the ground in the desert next to an old tire and other debris.

“Human smugglers have proven time and again they have little regard for human life,” Bovino said. “Those who may be contemplating crossing the border illegally should pause to think of the dangers that all too often end in tragedy, tragedies our Border Patrol Agents and first responders are unfortunately very familiar with.”

The breach occurred in a busy area for illegal crossings near the Imperial Sand Dunes where migrants often climb over an aging barrier and wait for drivers to pick them up, hoping to avoid the scrutiny of Border Patrol agents at checkpoints on highways leading to Los Angeles, San Diego and Phoenix.
williegoat MAR 03, 09:37 PM
Often, these kinds of crashes happen because they are being pursued by bajadores. Their fate is far worse in the hands of these ruthless "rip-off crews".
I have nothing to suggest that that happened here, except that it looks to me like they might have run a stop sign.

Apparently, the red Suburban was found on fire just before this crash.

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