“51 migrants die in trailer abandoned in Texas heat“ was a headline on page B4 of the Tribune-Review’s June 29 print edition. This horrific death scene is the worst incident of the Biden administration’s “pretend it does not exist” mismanagement of the border humanitarian crisis occurring daily in Texas, Arizona and border states.
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas claim the border is secure. They lie.
An estimated 3 million immigrants have crossed illegally since Biden took office.
Most citizens favor legal immigration; most oppose illegal immigration.
Our federal government’s failure is overwhelming the border and now other states with drugs, disease and death. This crisis should be page-one news. Where is the exhaustive investigation and daily reporting by the three major TV networks, cable TV, the AP, The Washington Post and other news syndicates? Is this indifference why there is so little news about the border crisis in the Tribune-Review?
TV networks and news syndicates overdose their readers and viewers daily with news coverage that supports their political ideology, often avoiding that which does not. These conformists are an embarrassment to journalism’s tradition of seeking and reporting the truth.
Sadly, 51 people suffocating to death in a locked truck abandoned by the cartel, a story that begs for major national coverage, is now old news.
Scott Brown
Greensburg