Death Canal USA.

The tragedy is unimaginable in America. People trying to illegally enter our country and who would ultimately bankrupt the state they infest are dying regularly trying to cross this irrigation canal. To add insult to injury, this canal has no ladders nor safety ropes to facilitate use contrary to its purpose. These "human souls" who travel without incriminating identification are buried in nameless graves... because nobody knows who they actually are... which was their intent from the start... but somehow that's our fault.

Keep in mind that the following quote is from a theoretical "journalist" on 60 Minutes. Furthermore, he's the anchor which I suppose is meant to give him more credibility than the run-of-the-mill actor journalist on the show. I mean, it's tragic that these people are drowning trying to get a better life for themselves and their families but the real tragedy is that they don't try to do that legally.

Perhaps even more tragic than that is that there are throngs of Americans who support the idea of them doing it illegally while remaining completely blind to the fact that illegal immigrants have gobs and gobs of hidden costs that someone (usually the taxpayers- many of whom don't directly benefit from the illegal behavior) ends up paying.

Of course if you take any action to prevent facing the bankruptcy that California faces, you're thoughtlessly tagged a "racist" or a "nazi" or worse.

In [the] wake of Arizona's new immigration law, CBS 60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley fretted over illegal immigrants entering the United States by swimming across California's All-American Canal: "a national moat on our southern border, and hundreds of people have perished in its waters. It is a carnage that has gone mostly unnoticed because many of the victims are buried without their names."

Pelley began the story by proclaiming: "In the California desert, in a field of mud, is a graveyard that is hard to imagine in America. Bricks mark the final resting place of hundreds of human beings, identities unknown. They died traveling to America in search of a life better than their home countries could offer." Moments later, Pelley explained: "While the canal is a death trap, it is also a lifeline for the nation....Two thirds of our winter fruits and vegetables are grown with this water. But half of the people who pick those crops are illegal immigrants. To get the jobs created by the canal, they cross the canal, usually at night on makeshift rafts or using plastic jugs for flotation."

It did not take long to for Pelley place blame for drownings, not on those crossing the border illegally, but on those operating the canal: "The water is 225 feet across, 20 feet deep, with almost no rescue lines or climb-out ladders, safety devices that you would find in some ["some"? Which?] other canals....management is controlled by a regional authority called the Imperial Irrigation District....They've taken votes, commissioned studies, but done almost nothing."

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