Rest in Peace: Esequiel Hernández Jr.
“In 1997, U.S. Marines patrolling the Texas-Mexican border as part of the war on drugs shot and killed Esequiel Hernández Jr. Mistaken for a drug runner, the 18 year old was, in fact, a U.S. citizen tending his family’s goats with a .22 rifle. He became the first American killed by U.S. military forces on native soil since the 1970 Kent State shootings.”
It is senseless deaths like this, as well as the thousands more resulting from Operations Gatekeeper, Hold the Line, etc. that make me worry about more, more, more,and more border enforcement and the enforcement mantra that we hear coming from those in Washington, D.C. entrusted with administration of the U.S. immigration laws.
KJ.