What was your reaction when you saw the photograph of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter Valeria tangled in death? I have no idea, as I write these words, whether you, the reader, are conservative or liberal, white or Hispanic, a supporter or an opponent of tighter immigration controls. But I think I am on pretty safe grounds in predicting how you responded when you saw the image of Óscar with his little girl wrapped in his shirt, the two Salvadorans clinging together as they drowned.
You flinched. You thought of your own children when they were toddlers, or of other kids close to you. If you have a child of similar age to Valeria (trust me on this) you hugged that child a lot tighter than usual. If you’re religious, you probably prayed.
