Officers working for Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security initiative have been ordered to push small children and nursing babies back into the Rio Grande, and have been told not to give water to asylum seekers even in extreme heat, according to an email from a Department of Public Safety trooper who described the actions as “inhumane.”

  • Alto
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    81 year ago

    You’re assuming they view the asylum seekers as human, which is a pretty big assumption to make.

    • Chozo
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      11 year ago

      Unsurprisingly these days, Black Mirror did an episode that very much expands upon this.

      • Alto
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        11 year ago

        Men Against Fire. My favorite episode behind San Junipero