Yesterday, U.S. Border Patrol agents fired tear gas on migrants attempting to cross into the U.S. from Tijuana, Mexico including children.
If the Trump Administration is prepared to fire tear gas at children yesterday, will it fire bullets at them today?
None of this should surprise us, but it should sicken us. Unfortunately, there are a critical mass of Americans who view people of Latin origin to be subhuman and this critical mass is full of bloodlust. I fear they might get exactly what they want.
Donald Trump has made a concerted effort to dehumanize people of Mexican and Latin American origin from the moment he descended the escalator at Trump Tower in June 2015 declaring Mexicans to be criminals and rapists. He continued during the election campaign claiming respected federal jurist Gonzalo Curiel could not preside over the Trump University case because he was a Mexican. Spraying tear gas at children is an extension of his cruel policy separating migrants and children at the border.
I'm afraid the worse is yet to come.
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