The Southern Border Body Count, by Emmy Griffin

By Emmy Griffin, Patriot Post, Nov. 4, 2022

The unconscionably high human cost of open borders is breaking morbid records.

If every human life matters to Democrats, then why does our president persist in creating the festering hellhole at the southern border? The answer is particularly inhuman. It’s because he thinks it will garner votes for his party, and his constituents love having the virtuous clout of being the ones responsible for opening the doors of opportunity to illegal immigrants.

This virtue without prudence and politics without conscience are adding to an ever-mounting death toll at the southern border.

The cost among migrants is incredibly steep. Many of these foreign nationals are desperate to start a new life in the U.S. and are forced to endure unspeakable evil as the price of entry. According to the Texas Public Policy Foundation: “In fiscal year 2021, there were nearly 2 million migrant apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border, and that number only accounts for the people encountered by border agents. More than 400,000 more migrants eluded apprehension and are counted among the ‘got-aways.’ Last year also met another unfortunate record — 147,000 unaccompanied migrant children entered into the U.S., 122,000 were taken into the U.S. custody, the previous record being 69,000.” …

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