Unmarked Graves Across the U.S. Border

"More than 3,800 people have died in the U.S.-Mexican border region since 1993. Some 1,000 of them are buried in unmarked graves."

"Thousands of people from Latin America and the Caribbean die in the attempt to reach the United States or other destinations by the most varied means imaginable and trying to outwit ever stricter border controls. Some get lost or die of exposure in inhospitable desert areas, others are shipwrecked on the high seas, murdered, or suffocate in shipping containers, boxcars or trucks."

"Nobody knows for sure how many deaths there have been, but the numbers continue to mount."

Yes, many anonymous dead bodies, and who cares, really? Everyone's concerned about the porous nature of our borders and wants all intruders shot, or they're in favor of bringing in migrants because they help the economy and take jobs Americans won't take (but don't get me started on that friggin lie).

The issue always centers around whether we should let them in or not, instead of ending the reasons for their desperate need to come here in the first place. We all know they come here because they're poor. We all "should" know why they're so poor they're willing to spend life savings, and risking death, just to find work here. We all "should" know that, in spite of our callous disregard for, or blind ignorance of, the behaviour of our government, our corporations, and our influence over international developement agencies, it is they that have treated everything south of our border like their own private playground, keeping the vast majority poor, and the select few in power. We "should" know all that, but if we did, wouldn't we be trying to eliminate the the reasons for people to leave their own countries for work, especially since we're responsible? Should we be acting so selfishly in pretending our only concern should rest at our border? The world to our south is exactly how our leaders designed it, and it's time we owned up to it, and stop allowing it.