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The situation on the southern U.S. border has become so dire that it is drawing concern from afar.
“Authorities in Mexico found an abandoned truck carrying 103 unaccompanied minors, making it the biggest discovery of migrant children traveling through Mexico in recent times. The minors were traveling without adult relatives and were part of a group of 343 migrants from Central and South America, the National Migration Institute said in a statement on Monday,” Deutsche Welle, a German news organization, advised in a report published Tuesday.
“Along with the migrant children, authorities also found 212 adults from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Ecuador in the trailer, the National Migration Institute said. Another 28 migrants were found traveling as families in the vehicle. The migrants were found safe, wearing color-coded bracelets that were apparently used for identifying them as smugglers’ clients,” Deutsche Welle said, noting that the truck was found without a driver.
ONE FOR TIMBER FAMILIES
A bipartisan team of lawmakers is stepping up to make life a little easier for those who have a close relationship with trees.
Sens. Jim Risch, Idaho Republican, and Angus King, Maine independent, have joined forces with Reps. Glenn Thompson, Pennsylvania Republican, and Jared Golden, Maine Democrat, to reintroduce the Future Logging Careers Act.
“This legislation would allow teenage members of logging families to gain experience in the logging trade under parental supervision so they may carry on the family business. The Future Logging Careers Act would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to work in certain mechanized logging operations under parental supervision,” noted a press release from Mr. Risch’s office shared with Inside the Beltway.
“Idaho’s logging industry has long been a family trade, but current law is hampering its future by preventing young men and women from working in their family’s businesses,” Mr. Risch said in a written statement.
“The Future Logging Careers Act would give timber families the same opportunity to pass down their trade that is allotted to family farmers.
