Suspected Truck Driver In Texas Migrant Deaths Was On Meth, Lawmaker Says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Surveillance photographs captured the truck passing through a border checkpoint at Laredo, Texas, at 2:50 p.m. CT (1950 GMT) on Monday, before the migrant passengers are believed to have boarded.
51% : Cuellar said he was briefed on the matter by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) but did not know how authorities made that determination.
42% : If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison or possibly the death penalty, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
41% : The suspected driver of a truck packed with dozens of migrants who died in blazing heat during a Texas smuggling attempt was allegedly under the influence of methamphetamine when police encountered him, a U.S. lawmaker told Reuters, citing information from law enforcement.

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