Lord have mercy on the Texas migrants
By 
George Pitcher2022-06-30T16:03:00
53 migrants travelling in the back of a lorry have lost their lives in what has been described as the deadliest human trafficking incident in US history. George Pitcher responds to the local Catholic Archbishop’s comments that the “lack of courage” in dealing with immigration reform is “killing and destroying lives”.
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