There are many sides to the latest immigration debate…….some see a humanitarian need while others see uninvited people “flooding” into our pristine country……there are so many opinions that it is mind numbing……we have heard so much from so many that it is hard to fathom just what makes these children come to this country…..we can pretend that they are just looking for a hand out and the whole world knows that we are good for that, right? (sarcasm people)……
But all that aside…..why are they coming?
Newser) – Central American child migrants at our borders travel through a “hellish gauntlet of kidnapping, extortion, murder, and rape” in Mexico, and then arrive in the US only to face “anti-children protests,” arrests, and brutal immigration policies, John Washington writes at Salon. What could prompt them to face the journey? Washington met with several people in southern Mexico who have left their homes in Central America, and they tell him their stories:
- One migrant, who Washington calls Eduardo, is from the city with the world’s highest murder rate: San Pedro Sula, Honduras. There, gang members see those they don’t recognize as a threat, and they kill them, Eduardo says.
- “Miguel,” 15, was raped by his stepfather in Honduras. Discomfort around adult men has driven him to avoid the train many take through Mexico. In order to gain bus fare, he has sought work as a prostitute.
- “Josue” left San Pedro Sula at age 20 after his ex-brother-in-law threatened to kill him. With a gun to his head, he convinced the man not to shoot. But when the brother-in-law was later killed, gangs assumed Josue was responsible and pledged to take revenge on him and his family.
- A Salvadoran egg deliveryman, “Hector,” says he’s traveling to improve life for his son, whom he can’t afford to send to school at home. Gangs regularly take money from locals, including 35% of Hector’s paycheck.
“The first step in helping these people is to stop hurting them,” Washington writes, but our politicians don’t seem to understand that. Click for his full piece.
My feelings are….I have NO quarrel with these children….I would do what I had to to make a better life….whether legal or illegal…….I would choose based on my life and the chances of making it better. Period!
From an Indigenous perspective, I find it ironic and hypocritical that it is the descendants of illegal immigrants from Britain and Europe who most violently protest the legitimate presence of immigrants from the lands south of the Rio Grande, many of whom have indigenous ancestry. The conditions they are trying to escape are a direct result of US imperialism in Latin America. So I say, let these children stay. It’s a far better use of my tax dollars to help them and their families than it is to fund Palestinian genocide and war in Ukraine.
well said……thanx
And people like Ann Coulter think they’re all murderers and rapist and are coming here to take all of our jobs away.
Ann Coulter: Why can’t we deal with our border the way Netanyahu deals with Hamas?
She is worthless human….she has an adam’s apple…..is she a man?