It’s not who you think. He blamed “his country.”
He also admitted that border jumpers from El Salvador are economic refugees, which is not a recognized reason for asylum seeking.
The president of El Salvador said his country was to blame for the deaths of a Salvadoran man and his daughter who drowned last week while trying to cross the Rio Grande into the United States, The New York Times reports.
“People don’t flee their homes because they want to,” President Nayib Bukele said Sunday during a news conference. “They flee their homes because they feel they have to.”
“We can blame any other country, but what about our blame? What country did they flee? Did they flee the United States?” Bukele said. “They fled El Salvador.”
He added: “It is our fault … Why? Because they don’t have a job, because they are being threatened by gangs, because they don’t have basic things like water, education, health.”
Bukele’s comments come after a viral photo showed Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his 23-month-old daughter, Valeria, lying facedown in the Rio Grande. Ramírez had reportedly tried to swim across the river with his wife and daughter after his family was unable to request asylum in the United States.
The photo sparked widespread criticism of the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
The truth shall set you free.
Well, Einstein? Do something about it!
Imagine that.Who knew ?
This Bukele guy doesn’t seem very “woke”.
Fuk yeah.
Dear Bukele,
If things go south for you and your family in El Salvador and you find yourself in need of asylum, this is to inform you that you are no longer welcome in any of our sanctuary cities.
Signed,
democrats
Sounds like someone is feeling the loss of millions in economic aide.