50 Migrants Found Dead in Texas Shows Flawed Approach in US

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Mourners pay their respects at a makeshift memorial at the site where officials found more than 50 people dead in an abandoned semitrailer containing migrants, June 29, 2022, in San Antonio, Texas. © 2022 AP Photo/Eric Gay More than 50 people died of heat exhaustion in the back of an abandoned truck in south Texas while migrating to the United States, a horrific tragedy that should serve as a wakeup call to lawmakers. While US authorities were quick to blame smugglers, they avoided naming the underlying co-culprit: the US government and its abusive border policies.…

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