U.S. liable for border-crosser deaths?
The families of 14 illegal Mexican immigrants who died of dehydration while crossing the hot Arizona desert have filed a $42 million lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior, claiming it failed to help them survive. The lawsuit, filed April 30 in U.S. District Court in Tucson, claims federal border policy forced the immigrants to enter the country through the treacherous area southwest of Tucson known to have little water. Border Patrol agents found the immigrants on May 23, 2001 in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge. Color me boggled, folks. What kind of attitude and worldview does it take to file a lawsuit like this? I can understand, vaguely, the people who feel illegal immigration is their best option. I can get angry at the smugglers who victimize their "customers". But suing the government because your family members tried something stupid and illegal? Do these people even understand that what they are doing is illegal? |
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