Journey For Justice Dec 11th, Day 11 Antelope Wells and Jakelin Caal Maquin and 2,299 other children

Today we remember Jakelin Caal Maquin, 7 years old & dead in border patrol custody.

We hear about how her father told border patrol his daughter was sick; how he begged border patrol to get medical help for his daughter. How by the time his pleas reached the ear of a sympathetic (or worried to protect the bp reputation) officer, it was too late and Jakelin died.

We learn that between 2014 and 2020, 2300 children have died or disappeared in border patrol custody. TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED. And those are the children we know about and are counting. We know about 'collateral damage' and the value of brown and black children.

This border crossing facility doesn't even have a town near it on this side of the border - but 45 desolate, desert, unforgiving terrain miles away. 5 million dollars this cost - and that doesn't include the cost of the fuckin 'wall'.

The dark brown 'straight appearing' line in the background is the wall. IF anyone makes it over the wall, there is no way they can carry enough water to make it to a water source.

The construction of this wall could be written off as the most obsurd thing congress enabled along with the president getting some corporations and individuals rich(er) - if the land hasn't been destroyed, the path and migration of the native animals and insects and birds and plants hasn't been irrevocably damaged, if human life has not been cruelly and intentionally ended.

Our great country.