Trump’s staff take no responsibility over needless death of little girl
WHILE Donald Trump and his cronies throw countless holiday parties, for the family of tiny Jakelin Caal Maquin there is no Christmas cheer.
The sevenyear-old died from cardiac arrest caused by severe dehydration and shock a day after she and her father turned themselves in to border protection officers on the US/Mexico border in New Mexico, hoping for a better life in the States.
According to the Trump administration, her death was her and her dad’s fault, despite admitting the youngster was put on a bus for 90 minutes to be transferred to a larger border station for processing before getting any emergency medical care for her symptoms.
Jakelin’s loss, which is under investigation, underlines the Trump administration’s hard-line on immigration.
Hogan Gidley, the White House deputy press secretary, said the US government shouldered no responsibility for the little girl’s death.
“Does the administration take responsibility for a parent taking a child on a trek through Mexico to get to this country? No,” he snapped.
Jakelin and her dad are just like thousands of others, simply in search of a better life. Nothing more.
They are risking their lives making punishing treks through Mexico to escape poverty, violence or both in their home countries.
The travesty is that Trump doesn’t want you to see them in that light.
He just wants you to see all those crossing the border, including a seven-year-old, as crime lords and terrorists.