Exactly!! He gave them carte blanche what did you expect. These are criminals they deserve to be locked up.

U.S. Senators DC Contact List Continued:

Arkansas
Senator John Boozman 202-224-4843
Senator Tom Cotton 202-224-2353

California
Senator Alex Padilla 202-224-3553
Senator Adam Schiff 202-224-3841

Colorado
Senator Michael Bennet 202-224-5852
Senator John Hickenlooper 202-224-5941

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#gasolinebaths #bathriots #carmelitatorres #usborder #borderhistory

While the riots became a powerful symbol of resistance the sexual harassment, abuse & exploitation of women at the border continued. The delousing procedures shamefully continued for decades. In the 1950s bracero workers were still being sprayed with DDT.

On January 28, 1917, Carmelita Torres, a 17 year old maid from Juarez had had enough. Refusing to undergo the degrading disinfection process she sparked what became known as the “Bath Riots.” Her courageous stand inspired thousands to join her in protest.

Fact: The “gasoline baths” later inspired Nazi Germany. Zyklon B used at the border in El Paso was later infamously employed in the gas chambers of Auschwitz.

US cities & only three fatalities in El Paso the border inspection stations were created. Mexican entrants were stripped naked, inspected for lice & had their clothes fumigated with harsh chemicals like kerosene, Zyklon B & DDT before being allowed entry into the US.

This practice was introduced in 1916 when El Paso’s Mayor Tom Lea Sr. warned the US Surgeon General of a supposed typhus threat carried by lice among Mexican migrants. Despite one US Public Health Service official acknowledging that the typhus problem in El Paso was no worse than in most major