Three migrants, a woman and two children, drowned Saturday in the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas – very recently the epicenter of the migrant crisis – just days after state authorities blocked the US Border Patrol from accessing miles of the US-Mexico border, according to a post on X by Rep. Henry Cuellar.
“This is a tragedy, and the State bears responsibility,” Cuellar, a Democrat from Texas, said on X, formally known as Twitter.
The congressman said Border Patrol learned a group of six migrants were in distress in the Rio Grande at about 9 p.m. on Friday.
Border Patrol called the Texas Military Department, the Texas National Guard and Texas Department of Public Safety but “were unsuccessful” at relaying the information by phone, Cuellar said in the social media post. Federal agents then went to the gate at Shelby Park, set up by Texas authorities, to provide the information, Cuellar said.
“However, Texas Military Department soldiers stated they would not grant access to the migrants – even in the event of an emergency – and that they would send a soldier to investigate the situation,” Cuellar said on X.
The person asked if they were making any difference educating children in Texas and making better people. My response was no unless you were dealing with students 16 and over and had a significant impsct on their lives in and out of the classroom. They then worried they were undereducated and underqualified to work in other states and I responded a teaching degree and experience in Texas would be plenty in any state. Finally i wished them good luck.
Why is 16 the cutoff
Below that age you get to junior high or freshman year, you don’t really get the chance to communicate any political beliefs or sway any minds during those years. Below 16 and parental influence is also much stronger. When you hit 16, you get your license and usually more freedom from your parents. It also seemed in my experience when teachers would be more open to you about their own beliefs and have the ability to express why they think a certain way.
People are influenced outside of school at all ages. The communities they interact with affect who they are. This is a foundational argument of many socioeconomic models. Any time a person sees another react in some way - good or bad - it influences them.