On Monday, NBC’s Today shamefully exploited the deaths of illegal immigrants smuggled into the U.S. to attack the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress. After reporting on how 39 people were found in the back of tractor trailer in San Antonio, Texas, nine of whom died due to the extreme 100-degree heat, correspondent Gabe Gutierrez declared: “Some blame the current political climate.”

A soundbite followed of left-wing illegal immigration activist Jonathan Ryan of the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, ranting: “The harsh rhetoric of today is exactly what is responsible for tragedies like what happened in San Antonio.” Gutierrez noted: “But human trafficking has been big business for decades....Last year, Homeland Security officials investigated more than 2,000 cases of human trafficking, making nearly 3,000 criminal arrests.”

Rather than rightfully point out the failures of the Obama administration to deal with illegal immigration, instead, a clip ran of Democratic Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro lecturing: “It’s a symptom of a broken immigration system which Congress has refused to fix.”

Wrapping up the segment, Gutierrez implored: “And as the immigration debate rages in this country, what happened in this parking lot is serving as a haunting reminder of what’s at stake.”

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Here is a full transcript of the July 24 report: