After a record-breaking year of migrant crossings, Eagle Pass is applying for a grant to help pay for therapy and other mental health services.

The crisis unfolding at the U.S.-Mexico border since last year has spilled over into the fire engines and ambulances of a small Texas town.

First responders in Eagle Pass say they are overwhelmed and increasingly traumatized by what they see: parents drowned or dying, their children barely holding onto life after attempting to cross the Rio Grande.

The emotional strain on firefighters and EMTs has grown so great that city officials have applied for a state grant that would bring in additional mental health resources for front-line workers.

  • @goferking0
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    164 months ago

    Why would they do that? They’d rather get rid of all licenses for hunting than add more

    • @Birdie@thelemmy.club
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      114 months ago

      I spoke with someone last week who wants armed drones at the border, ready to shoot to kill.

      Man’s inhumanity to man…a term coined in the 1700s and we still have not learned to value life.

      • @goferking0
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        24 months ago

        But then they could end up in a government database!