Seventeen people were saved from dangerously cramped and overheated conditions in Nogales last week after authorities uncovered a smuggling operation.
Several illegal aliens from Mexico, including one minor were found packed inside a recreational vehicle parked on the property, while others were confined into a small sedan that was discovered during a vehicle stop. Temperatures inside the vehicles were rising quickly under the summer sun, and those inside had limited space, ventilation and no access to running water.
One individual attempted to flee on foot but was arrested by agents shortly after. All individuals are now safe, in custody and will be processed accordingly. The driver of the sedan is a United States Citizen, facing human smuggling charges.
“This rescue likely prevented a tragedy,” said Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agents Sean L. McGoffin. “With summer temperatures already climbing, packing people into trailers and vehicles without proper ventilation or water is a recipe for disaster. Human lives should never be treated as cargo.”
This is why I can’t bring myself to ‘hate’ illegals. No, I don’t think they ‘deserve’ to stay in our country, and, yes, I believe they need to be sent back home as quickly as possible, but all of that is a matter of principle not emotion. Besides the safety and welfare of my family, there is nothing on this little blue space marble I want bad enough to undertake the kind of risks they take just to get here, knowing that they will have to hide and can’t rely on the police, ad infinitum (or until they make it to a sanctuary city). In truth, I pity them.
One wonders how many Hollyweird millionaires are willing to do half as much to ‘escape’ our eeeevil, “systemically racist”, and un-equitable Capitalist country for Zimbabwe, or South Africa, Venezuela, Cuba, or the DPRK? Oh, that’s right, they won’t even board an airconditioned jumbo jet, in first class no less…