Letter to the editor: Border crisis is Biden's disgrace

Imagine this scenario: Your loved one is in a car accident, blood everywhere. Nervously rushing to the hospital, you hope everything will be OK.

Emergency room providers ask — “What kind of car was involved?” “Any trouble with it?” Not examining the patient, they research the car’s safety history and call the car company, discussing safety concerns.

Meanwhile, the patient deteriorates. Nurses call for help, but providers continue talking to the car company. You scream “TAKE CARE OF HIM!!” The providers explain that finding the “root cause” is their priority — they finally see him briefly, but you incredulously watch as they make a few comments and walk out.

Now, reality: The “patient” is our southwestern border in crisis; the “providers” are President Biden and Vice President Harris. Harris visited with the presidents of Guatemala and Mexico to learn the “root cause” of migration, and eventually went to a less busy portion of the border. Did she talk to Border Patrol? Local law enforcement? Citizens? I don’t think so. Why not?

All report horrific situations and dangerous cartels affecting thousands of immigrants and American citizens alike, with children the saddest victims. Harris’ visit was truly, in her own words, “a gesture,” because the Biden administration — with mainstream media support — ignores the tragic outcomes of their actions.

Abolishment of effective border policies is President Biden’s preventable, unconscionable humanitarian disgrace. They own this. Their failure has resulted in incalculable suffering, as obvious as our hypothetical medical providers’ nonexistent handling of their critical patient.

Some issues are partisan. This is not. It’s an American one.

Mary Rita Turka

Murrysville