Biden calls deaths of migrants in San Antonio 'horrifying and heartbreaking,' denounces 'political grandstanding around tragedy'
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President Joe Biden said Tuesday the discovery of at least 50 dead migrants in a truck in Texas is "horrifying and heartbreaking" and underscores the need to go after criminal trafficking rings.
"Exploiting vulnerable individuals for profit is shameful, as is political grandstanding around tragedy, and my administration will continue to do everything possible to stop human smugglers and traffickers from taking advantage of people who are seeking to enter the United States between ports of entry," Biden said in a statement.
At least 50 migrants are believed to have died after they and others were found in sweltering conditions in a semi-truck in San Antonio, a federal law enforcement official said Tuesday, in a scene the mayor called a "horrific human tragedy."
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