A joint U.S.-Mexico topographical survey found that 787 feet of the 995-feet-long buoy line set up by Texas are in Mexico.

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26 points

In the water, so anyone trying to swim across would drown.

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-176 points

Don’t try to cross borders illegally. You get what you deserve.

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I would rather have any number of undocumented immigrants here than people like you.

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And some of them would gladly take your life if it meant they got it to be part of the cool kids club. (Gang initiations)

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Ah yes, a person’s value as a human being is reduced to nothing the second they cross an imaginary line decided by folks that have long since died. Makes perfect sense. /s

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I share your sentiment however despite the “looks” the actual line does not matter much. It’s about what you have to do to gain rights. Is traveling across some line and being desperate enough to grant this person rights? (Like right to work/live in some community/country)? Or are some additional hoops needed? If they’re needed why should anybody allow other people rights just for traveling across the line? Isn’t it unfair to these who spent years of work trying to go through proper procedure? Maybe it’s okay if somebody is desperate? But then what is the measure of “desperate” - it’s a pretty unclear term.

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-53 points

I take it you disagree with the concept of countries?

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50 points

Trying to move somewhere for a better life for your family, your sentence is death.

Get a fucking grip.

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-57 points

There’s legal avenues for that.

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@Tb0n3

@livus @superkret @themeatbridge

That’s a very simplistic and apathetic response to a human being dying …

I bet you support the death penalty for people that steal a loaf of bread to feed their children as well.

The reality is that it’s a very complex issue and while Texas has the right to secure it’s borders a humans right to live is a little more important me thinks.

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At the size of a state government deaths are statistics. And funny you should mention stealing. In another thread I was arguing that stealing is immoral and should face punishment, even food. Just like going hungry has programs to help, so does immigration have processes to go through to do it legally.

Don’t steal and don’t cross sovereign borders without permission. There are consequences to actions. Don’t start crying because someone suffered the consequences.

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Imagine swimming in a river in your own country and then you get caught up in a net and die while still in your country due to Texas illegally setting up their own border wall that isn’t even in Texas anymore. Texas should should hire this guy to go to the river and whenever kids drown trying to just enjoy themselves he is there but always wait 5 minutes to make sure the Mexicans drowned since he obviously hates them and then unties them, bring them up to shore, and then yell this in their face. I think he would gladly take the job all the while moving back and fourth illegally from the Mexico and Texas border just to yell at dead Mexicans

I can’t imagine what situation you grew up in to have so much hate in your heart. What you and a shit to of racists don’t understand is that if we had all the immigrants in America disappear, the labor force, and crops for example would shit the bed so fast. The immigrants all do the jobs you fuckers won’t do and you don’t actually care enough to learn on how much of the country they hold on their back. It’s always simple though, instead of actual being about “America” and filling the gaps you would just complain someone else needs to do these high labor intensive jobs

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-31 points

Go ahead and tell me how many were just swimming in the Rio Grande when they just so happened to get caught in the border defense when they weren’t actually trying to cross the border. I can guarantee it’s zero.

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thus spake the voice of privilege.

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13 points

Well how else are Americans supposed to leave their shit hole country for Mexico?

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0 points

Ah, the old Lemmy switcheroo!

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11 points

I agree that they’re criminals, shouldn’t be encouraged, and need to be deported, but death is a little much.

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Honestly it came out a bit harsh but the point was that they’re doing very risky things knowing there are risks to their lives but they do it anyway. If a guy is dancing on a cliff and falls off you don’t blame the cliff.

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9 points

Wishing death on people is horrendous.

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5 points

And so will you, one day, I’m sure

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