The dashboard in front of the driver consists of two LCD displays with a traditional speedometer in the center. The new Ford Fusion Hybrid is an example of a very advanced set of steering wheel controls that interface with its SmartGauge on-board computer.
It's commonly called adaptive cruise control, and although not every new car comes equipped with this advanced feature (not yet, anyway), most steering wheel-mounted cruise control functions include up and down buttons for adjusting the speed of your car manually. In some cars, when cruise control has been set (using a button on the steering wheel, of course), sensors on the front bumper adjust the speed of the car to provide a cushion of time and or distance between your car and the one in front of you on the highway. It’s how you direct a horse.Cruise control has been available as a steering wheel button operation for some time, but advances in the cruise control system itself make this a high-tech piece of auto safety. r0n2kXHqvy- National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) September 21, 2021Ī border is necessary to a sovereign nation. Stay with us here, like a steering wheel is used to drive a car, the reins are used to “drive” the horse. And no, Border Patrol agents are NOT "whipping" people. Some, like the National Fraternal Order of Police and former UFC fighter Tim Kennedy, defended the agent in the image, saying that he was not "whipping" people and said the rope was a horse rein.įor all you Twitter warriors out there: these are NOT whips. No matter how challenging the situation in Del Rio is right now, nothing justifies violence against migrants attempting to seek asylum in our country. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez September 20, 2021 Immigration should not be a crime, and its criminalization is a relatively recent invention. It doesn’t matter if a Democrat or Republican is President, our immigration system is designed for cruelty towards and dehumanization of immigrants. So many Haitian immigrants and refugees came to this country to escape devastation - only to be greeted by being whipped and handcuffed. We are still whipping black bodies in 2021. "We are still whipping black bodies in 2021," Bowman said. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York Cori Bush, D-Missouri Veronica Escobar, D-Texas and Jamaal Bowman, D-New York, all shared their outrage online and demanded the country do better. All humans deserve to be treated with dignity & respect, especially the most vulnerable amongst us. The deplorable actions depicted by CBP are condemnable as no human should be treated as cattle. The inhumane treatment of refugees & migrants at the border must immediately end.
The Texas Democratic Party's Twitter account said "no human should be treated as cattle." Sawyer Hackett, the executive director of Castro's political action committee, called the agents' actions "unfathomable cruelty."
The admin must reverse course or we risk allowing Trump’s policies to become the default.- Julián Castro September 21, 2021 Title 42 has allowed people fleeing desperate situations to be summarily deported without due process. In a Twitter thread, Castro called on the Biden administration to improve the treatment of asylum seekers.Īsylum is a fundamental human right that the U.S. Sophia Bush September 20, 2021įormer San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro pointed out that seeking asylum is a legal and human right. If we do not address the root causes of crises that lead people to flee their homelands (many of which we’ve exacerbated) we’ll just deepen suffering. If this doesn’t give you chills, harkening back to our darkest history, I just …Īsylum is legal. Are these images from 2021 or 1851? - Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid □ September 20, 2021 Reid called the actions "beyond repulsive." MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid and actress Sophia Bush also related the images to America's past. These images are no different from when KKK members & slave patrollers would round up enslaved Black Americans during Reconstruction. The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, a San Antonio-based non-profit organization, said in a tweet that it was appalled by the images and compared them to when Black people were rounded up in the 1800s during Reconstruction after the Civil War.įurthermore, we are appalled by the photos of Haitians being rounded up by border agents on horseback in Texas. On : US officials defend expulsion of Haitians from Texas town The Department of Homeland Security said Monday on Twitter that it has launched an investigation into the photos and video that show agents using aggressive tactics to drive away asylum seekers.