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3-year-old migrant girl dies aboard bus headed from Texas to Chicago (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 2 years ago by farcaster@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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Not just any bus as the headline implies, but one of Texas Gov Greg Abbott's trafficking asylum seekers to Democratic cities as a political stunt.

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[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

There should definitely be consequences for Greg Abbott. He should be charged with conspiracy and manslaughter at a minimum. He’s literally killing children for a political points now.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 2 years ago

He’s literally killing children for a political points now.

More than once.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/5-year-old-girl-drowns-crossing-rio-grande-texas-mother/

[–] pizza-bagel@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And the bus company that agreed to this shit

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

Oh definitely. There’s no innocence there either.