In more news from Texas, a 5-year-old girl from Guatemala drowned in the Rio Grande Monday. Margaret Sofia was reportedly ripped from her mother’s arms after the girl was pulled by heavy muddy waters as they tried to swim across the river between Juárez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas. The girl’s mother, Silvia García del Carmen, was rescued. This is the head of firefighters in Ciudad Juárez.
bq. Sergio Rodríguez: “The water levels of the Bravo River are swollen, and people who try to cross are risking their lives. That is what happened in this case. We received a report of a person in this part of the river. The fire and rescue departments intervened and rescued the body of a 5-year-old girl.”
This comes as the Biden administration continues to enforce Title 42, the Trump-era, pandemic policy which has blocked some 2 million asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border from entering the country through safer routes and ports of entry to apply for refuge in the United States.