Image of Migrants Should Stir Our Outrage and Our Compassion
NOVANEWS
As difficult as it is to see, we cannot and should not turn away. If we become numb to this, we risk losing our soul.
by: Juan Castillo
The deaths of Oscar and Valeria remind us of what we know and cannot forget: Our border policies have consequences. (Photo:Getty)
Warning: This article includes graphic images that may be very difficult for some.
The image is haunting and heartwrenching: A father and his 23-month-old daughter lying lifeless, face down in the murky water on the bank of the Rio Grande near Brownsville, their heads joined together, hers tucked inside his T-shirt, her tiny arm wrapped around his neck in their final moments alive.
Taken by a Mexican journalist after the bodies of Oscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter Valeria were f...