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.
It’s honestly like living with a teenager.
Texas: FUCK YOU we’re our OWN SOVEREIGN NATION and can KILL MIGRANTS IF WE WANT TO AND WE’LL SECEDE IF YOU TRY TO STOP US
Also Texas: Can I have some money pls, this is upsetting what’s happening
(And yes I know the city officials and first responders are not the same people threatening to secede. I’m not even saying they shouldn’t have the money to try to provide good services to these additional victims of the carnage. I’m directing the sarcasm at the teenager-minded higher up officials who would be FUCKED without the aid and support of the wider US government they rely on so heavily, while at the same time they’re constantly shitting on.)