"they made their lives bitter"

​And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: and they made their lives bitter…” (Exodus 1.13-14)

​With the death of two migrant children in a matter of ten days—how many others have died, the head of DHS is unwilling to say—policies adopted by Caligula’s administration are seen once more to be more akin to the oppressive policies of the Egyptian administration of Old Testament lore (“if it be a son, then ye shall kill him”) than those of any administration that could even remotely be thought of as “Christian.”
 
And make no mistake about it, the death of those children was a policy decision.
 
In an article entitled, “The US government deliberately made the desert deadly for migrants,” Natasha Elena Uhlmann writes
 
“Prevention Through Deterrence meant tremendous investments in surveillance and border militarization, with the aim of pushing migrants ever deeper into the unforgiving Sonoran desert. Though the border patrol denies accountability for deaths along the US-Mexico border, their very metrics for success under the policy include ‘fee increases by smugglers’, ‘possible increase in complaints’, and ‘more violence at attempted entries’. These children’s deaths were by no means unpredictable. Violence is built into the plan…..”
 
How, I ask, is this any different than what the un-named Pharaoh of Exodus did to the Israelites?
 
And how, I ask, can Americans imagine that their end will be any better than that of the ancient oppressors?

"​The LORD is a man of war:
the LORD is his name.
Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea:
his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
The depths have covered them:
they sank into the bottom as a stone.
Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power:
thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
And in the greatness of thine excellency
thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee:
thou sentest forth thy wrath,
which consumed them as stubble” (Exodus 15.3-7)