And then They were Gone

    And then they were gone. 

    As many as 15,000 migrants, mostly believed to be from Haiti, had been encamped under a bridge at Del Rio, Texas. 

   And, then they were gone.

   The massive encampment in the Texas border town has been completely cleared out, according to news reports today. At least 2,000 were deported and 5,000 are still being processed, according to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. That leaves 8,000 who were either released to go places in the U.S. while awaiting processing or who agreed to go back into Mexico. 

   It might remind some of how the homeless are often dealt with in U.S cities. Put them on a bus and ship them to the next town. They are an embarrassment. Get rid of them anyway you can.

   That is the sentiment. 

   What harm were these immigrants doing? Why not allow them to remain? Was it that there were not enough resources to feed them? We've got a nation of people who were hearing about them every night on the news. Could not money have been raised by a charity organization to support them?

   I again ask, what harm were these people doing? Were they in some way an inconvenience to the U.S.?  Aye, they were, to much of the media, Fox News included. Biden should be ashamed, was the essence of some news reports. 

   We should have let them stay. Allowing them to come on thru to their destinations in accordance with immigration law, to await hearings, was a good thing. And taking 5,000 in for processing was a good thing. But, putting them on planes back to Haiti and sending them packing back into Mexico were not the right moves.