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Half of the posts in this thread belong to her, and all she does is to blame America, or border patrol. Now she is saying nobody is blaming the border patrol.
Total waste of time. Should have just made my point and moved the heck on. Arguing with some of the folks here seems pointless.
Hang on to your horses. Nobody is condemning CBP agents.
Maybe their standard procedure does not involve providing water. I would hope it does. But it does not show up on any of the articles I've read and the one person with experience on this thread has not said one way or the other.
The little girl was in custody for 8 hours before she started vomiting. Initial paramedic reports said she had not had any water in a couple of days. This doesn't make sense.
Simply saying "Don't blame the CBP agents. It's not their fault" does not explain nor solve this situation.
As to whether we hear about children dying at the border, who knows? It was a while before we learned that children were being separated from parents and locked up.
Half of the posts in this thread belong to her, and all she does is to blame America, or border patrol. Now she is saying nobody is blaming the border patrol.
Total waste of time. Should have just made my point and moved the heck on. Arguing with some of the folks here seems pointless.
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still waiting for evidence that someone said a girl deserved to die as you alleged here in #240
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Read the posts where folks write that it was not the responsibility for the CBP, it was the father's. He should be charged with child endangerment, etc. It was a dangerous trip and all.
So just because this father wasn't up to the task of protecting and providing for her, it's not our responsibility to do step in when she is in our custody?
Someone even posted that Pedialyte shouldn't be provided as it would only encourage more migrants.
Shrugging off a little girl's death. We weren't the ones who hauled her across the desert. Not our fault she died. Too bad. Shouldn't have made the trip.
I usually keep you on ignore as your posts are kind of out there. But this is important. This goes to who we are as a nation.
Now THIS I disagree with. There appears to be a consensus here that to withhold water from even adults would be unacceptable. Babies are simply different, folks. IF there are young children arriving who are profoundly dehydrated then it may well be necessary to stock solution and train personnel at Antelope Wells to hydrate intravenously. Oral rehydration may not be enough - or lead to the type of vomiting that impacted this child.
You can't penalize the very young simply because that route is "harder" than passing out some water bottles. It's just basic biology. Kids are different - both functionally and legally not to mention morally (in how we treat them).
I doubt that border guards can just be “trained” to hydrate intravenously. That would be setting us up for an onslaught of lawsuits. The border is 2000 miles long, we cannot have medical personnel every few miles just in case an illegal immigrant shows up dehydrated.
Otherwise, I agree and I’m sure there is water available and it would be a good idea to have at least crackers or something for those who have not eaten in days, especially the children.
I doubt that border guards can just be “trained” to hydrate intravenously. That would be setting us up for an onslaught of lawsuits. The border is 2000 miles long, we cannot have medical personnel every few miles just in case an illegal immigrant shows up dehydrated.
Really? You think CBP agents are not sharp enough to do this?
However, Oral Rehydration with electrolyte fluids should certainly be within the realm of possibility.
She was in U.S custody for 8 hours without any water?
What the hell is the matter with these people?
What is the matter with those defending this?
She's a little girl, for crying out loud.
What a bunch of ....
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Originally Posted by GotHereQuickAsICould
You're right.
If they let this little girl go without water for 8 hours after picking her up in the desert, I do condemn them.
LOL, you're agreeing with yourself....
Look at post 359.....
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