At the Tijuana-San Diego
border between Mexico and California on November 25, 2018, a “peaceful march by
Central American migrants veered out of control . . . as hundreds of people tried to evade a Mexican police blockade
and run toward a giant border crossing.”[1]
In response, the U.S. Government shut down the border crossing in both
directions and fired tear gas to push back migrants from the border fence. The American media made much of the use of
tear gas, with convenient stories from migrants of their kids having been
affected. To be sure, the suffering of innocent children is horrible, so at the
very least the use of gas is debatable. Yet this focus came at the expense of
another on the mentality and conduct of the adult migrants, including parents,
largely from Honduras.
The full essay is at "Lawbreakers at the Border: Appealing to Law."
[1]Maya
Averbuch and Elisabeth Markin, “Migrants
in Tijuana Run to U.S. Border, but Fall Back in Face of Tear Gas,” The New York Times, November 26, 2018, italics added.
