Help the ones willing to stand for what is right! Considering the research I have done regarding this issue, I can't imagine how any U.S. citizen could see the abuses, the lack of assistance, the persecution dealt out by our "Border Patrol" and turn a blind eye. At one time, many, many, many years ago we would be outraged by such. People would be fired or at least written up and given stern warnings to change or else, but today, no one seems to care. No one gives a rat's a@!?
I've heard remarks such as "well they shouldn't have got caught" or "well they are illegals" or better yet "I guess they got what they deserved". What? Put the shoe upon your foot now. It's your wife, your daughter, son, husband, you've all been seperated (sounds like Nazi Germany), they shredded your documents, taken what few belongings you have, you don't know where they sent your ten yr old daughter. Your husband has been beaten, it's damp, hot and no food has been offered. Would that change your outlook? Because if "they've done it unto the least of these..."
KBR, ICE, DOD, DHS all stand to make big money off the fringes of society, the poor, impoverished, the weak; afterall, who'd notice if they disappeared? As American's, we think we are above such. Wouldn't stand for one of ours to be treated like this, right? Well, that is if you're news worthy, upper middle to elite class of course and "important". Short of that, well I doubt you could get any help. Across from your cell, lies an elderly woman, crooked and bent over from all the years of hard labor. She's crying from pain, fear and thirst, but no one answers short of snide hatefilled remarks; "ah, granny, wish you'd stayed home?" "Guess you'll think twice next won't ya, granny?" Two small children cling to her with fear. The little boy looks around 4 yrs old and the little girl around 6 yrs of age, pats his back holding on for dear life while trying to comfort them both. Their lips cracked and dry. Their tummies distended from malnutrition, but no one cares. "Who are they?" you ask. "Why should I care. They are the ones breaking laws?" So, in faith they attempted to reach a land for opportunity, leaving behind everything they bravely set out to find their "utopia". Earthly law, doesn't hold water in cases such as this. Aren't we all searching "for our little piece of heaven?" What LAW have they broken? Mans' law? The ones who own most everything, including the police? The ones who stole land only to sell it and make billions off others, the "weaker".
All creation, regardless of borders, should be available to all! Who gave man authority to lord over others? MAN DID. Consider the old cast system, are we not there once more? Of course, we all know
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From: "Jenny Johnson, LAWG" <jjohnson@lawg.org>
Date: Mar 16, 2012 12:35 PM
Subject: Bring Migrant Voices to DC
To: <billstaceytaylor0591@gmail.com> |  | | Promote Justice for Mexico and the Borderlands | | Dear Stacey, It isn’t the first time we’ve pressed government officials to stop violence against migrants on both sides of the border and it won’t be the last. But this coming March, it WILL be the first time we join with partners to air grievances against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the international stage, face-to-face, publicly, at an event you’ll likely be able to stream online. It will be an exchange worth tuning in to. And certainly one worth supporting. Will you help us raise the $2000 we need to bring border advocates to DC to tell U.S. officials to stop abusing migrants? Last year a shocking, well-documented exposé by No More Deaths revealed that thousands of migrants along our southern border are abused by Border Patrol agents each year. The type of abuse varies from denial of food, water and medical attention while they wait in detention centers, to physical and physiological mistreatment, including mistreatment that is considered torture under international law. Despite mounting evidence, DHS officials largely write off such reports as rare incidents committed by a few “bad apples.” When questioned by Congress about dozens of complaints filed, and a report based on 13,000 interviews, documenting 30,000 cases of mistreatment and abuse, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano responded: “I would dispute any NGO report that uses those kind of numbers. From time-to-time there are incidents and we deal with them very firmly and swiftly.” We beg to differ. And that’s why we need your help to make sure the voices of those fighting for migrants’ rights are heard inside the beltway. Can you chip in $5 today to help make this happen? We’re working closely with partners from both sides of the border to converge on DC later this month to make our voices heard loud and clear, before the Inter-American Commission, in Congress, and around the State Department: respect the human rights of migrants, in policy and in practice. But to get there, we need to raise $2,000 by the end of next week for our Border Human Rights Fund. Can you pitch in $5 to make sure all our partners can make it to DC? This is a great opportunity and we know we’ll be able to do it with your help! With gratitude, Jenny, Ben, and Amy, LAWG’s Mexico/Border Team P.S. You can make your gift to our Border Human Rights Fund go even further by signing up for an ongoing monthly contribution. A monthly gift of $5, $10, or $15 goes far to ensure we can continue to promote and protect the rights of migrants along the border. Click here to sign up for a monthly donation now! P.P.S. Keep your eye out for an email about how to watch the upcoming Inter-American Commission Hearing on the “Human Rights Situation of Detained and Deported Migrants along the Southern Border of the United States.” | | |
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