A stunt where Republican governors send migrants to Democrat-led-cities such as Washington and New York to publicise arrivals under the Biden administration has reached fever pitch.
: If you want a glimpse of just how ruthless US politics has become, look no further than the way migrants are being used as political pawns in the final sprint to the midterm elections.
Most of the migrants came from Venezuela, a South American nation that has been in economic and political crisis for years, which has contributed to the growing influx of people trying to seek a new life in America. “I think this is all a ploy to get us to miss our court dates so we get in trouble with the law and they can deport us,” he said.Not surprisingly, the latest moves have sparked outrage among Democrats, immigration groups and human rights activists, who have accused Republicans of treating migrants like “human cargo” to score cheap political points.
Recent research conducted by the Missing Migrants Project and published by the International Organisation for Migration also identified the border crossing between the US and Mexico as the deadliest migration land route in the world.The July study found that there were at least 1238 deaths during migration in the Americas in 2021, and at least 728 of the total deaths occurred along the US-Mexico border.
Kamala Harris, who Biden put in charge of addressing the root causes of migration from Central America, has also been fairly ineffective, and has been criticised all week for claiming in an NBC interview that the border was secure.