Worse and worse for migrants

After a dozen years of the southern border blockade of migrant workers (who basically had been welcomed to the US for decades), the deaths continue. The merciless desert heat has not even begun, but the death toll for this fiscal year (Oct. 1) is already over 50. And on top of that ongoing tragedy, we now have "Operation Streamline," which began on January 14. Tucson's Derechos Humanos office reports:

"Under an 'expedited' procedure, which undermines the principles that are the foundation of the U.S. criminal justice system, immigrants are now 'processed' through a criminal prosecution and sentenced all within one day, with court proceedings taking approximately one minute per person. Though the program began with 40 immigrants per day, it has been increased to 60 per day with a goal of reaching 100 per day within the next few weeks. As a result, hundreds of immigrants have endured unacceptable conditions while in detention, from lack of sleep, proper bedding, adequate food, water, and medical care, and emerge with a criminal conviction that will preclude them from future ability to return to the U.S., even though many have their families here. Many are receiving sentences ranging from time-served to 180 days in the for-profit prison, Correction Corporation of America (CCA)."

I fear this whole miserable borderlands tragedy will only continue to worsen until well after the November elections.