Yes, it is HUNGER. Yes, it is POVERTY. Yes, it is LACK OF OPPORTUNITY.
It is all of those things but, no, that is not enough. THERE IS MUCH MORE — CAUSED BY THE UNITED STATES.
The UNITED STATES does not have a moral right to deny asylum to those trying to escape violence and social chaos that WE CAUSED.
It is absurd that the United States turns away those seeking asylum as refugees from Central America following the long history of ACTIONS BY THE UNITED STATES that DESTABILIZED the region and CAUSED THE TURMOIL that the refugees are now fleeing from.
Ronald Reagan was the leading cause of the turmoil now seen in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras.
Guatemala and El Salvador — the CIA has long history of destabilization especially during the Reagan Administration. Reagan supported the military government and right wing extremists in El Salvador against the FMLN (Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, a coalition of five left wing organizations). In Guatemala, Reagan provided arms to right-wing strongman José Efraín Ríos Montt, despite CIA warnings of Montt’s record of genocidal massacres against indigenous Mayans (for which he was later convicted of genocide).
Many of the refugees coming now are from those many persecuted Mayan villages, and many do not even speak Spanish, much less English, which is why they rarely get interviewed by bilingual [English/Spanish] reporters; seven-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquín, who died in Border Patrol custody, was from an indigenous Mayan community.
Nicaragua and Honduras — Reagan destabilized the elected Sandinistas in Nicaragua to support the right wing Contras (including selling arms to Ayatollah Khomeini to finance the illegal acts for which many (including Oliver North) were convicted. Many (not including North, whose case was vacated on appeal) were but later pardoned by Bush Sr.
WE BROKE IT. We have no moral right to deny asylum to those fleeing that violence that WE CAUSED.
You people from the three Mexico’s are so ungrateful. Don’t you know we had it in your best interest when we supported the Dictators and death squads. Iran-contra was our gift and you do not even appreciate it, losers.
My last church gave sanctuary to Salvadoran refugees who’d fled death threats in their home country but didn’t qualify for asylum because El Salvador wasn’t officially a “hostile” country so they didn’t count as “refugees.”
DD Wiz Premium Member about 5 years ago
Yes, it is HUNGER. Yes, it is POVERTY. Yes, it is LACK OF OPPORTUNITY.
It is all of those things but, no, that is not enough. THERE IS MUCH MORE — CAUSED BY THE UNITED STATES.
The UNITED STATES does not have a moral right to deny asylum to those trying to escape violence and social chaos that WE CAUSED.
It is absurd that the United States turns away those seeking asylum as refugees from Central America following the long history of ACTIONS BY THE UNITED STATES that DESTABILIZED the region and CAUSED THE TURMOIL that the refugees are now fleeing from.
Ronald Reagan was the leading cause of the turmoil now seen in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras.
Guatemala and El Salvador — the CIA has long history of destabilization especially during the Reagan Administration. Reagan supported the military government and right wing extremists in El Salvador against the FMLN (Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, a coalition of five left wing organizations). In Guatemala, Reagan provided arms to right-wing strongman José Efraín Ríos Montt, despite CIA warnings of Montt’s record of genocidal massacres against indigenous Mayans (for which he was later convicted of genocide).
Many of the refugees coming now are from those many persecuted Mayan villages, and many do not even speak Spanish, much less English, which is why they rarely get interviewed by bilingual [English/Spanish] reporters; seven-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquín, who died in Border Patrol custody, was from an indigenous Mayan community.
Nicaragua and Honduras — Reagan destabilized the elected Sandinistas in Nicaragua to support the right wing Contras (including selling arms to Ayatollah Khomeini to finance the illegal acts for which many (including Oliver North) were convicted. Many (not including North, whose case was vacated on appeal) were but later pardoned by Bush Sr.
WE BROKE IT. We have no moral right to deny asylum to those fleeing that violence that WE CAUSED.
Templo S.U.D. about 5 years ago
El agente dijo “por quién”, no “por qué” (or would it be “por cuál”? My Spanish is a tad rusty.)
NeedaChuckle Premium Member about 5 years ago
And in states like GA and AL more babies will be born to experience all these and the self righteous AHs won’t care in the least.
Kurtass Premium Member about 5 years ago
You people from the three Mexico’s are so ungrateful. Don’t you know we had it in your best interest when we supported the Dictators and death squads. Iran-contra was our gift and you do not even appreciate it, losers.
anomalous4 about 5 years ago
My last church gave sanctuary to Salvadoran refugees who’d fled death threats in their home country but didn’t qualify for asylum because El Salvador wasn’t officially a “hostile” country so they didn’t count as “refugees.”
BeniHanna6 Premium Member about 5 years ago
Totally true. Unfortunately it doesn’t qualify you for asylum. Get your own country to work, rather than flooding our’s with unskilled labor.
gopher gofer about 5 years ago
⇧ templo
you’re being overly generous when you say your spanish is a “tad” rusty…
pamela welch Premium Member about 5 years ago
@DD, spot on, as always – and thank you.