Posted on 07/09/2014 5:57:04 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
... Mass deportation will never address the underlying human rights crisis unfolding south of the border. These young refugees represent the fallout of decades of not only America's failed immigration policy, but of our destructive trade policy and inhumane foreign policy. The majority of these children come from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador – three of the many countries ravaged by civil strife, drug wars and economic turmoil precipitated by US political and military intervention over several decades, as well as free-trade regimes and the corporate plunder of Latin America's natural resources.
And still, willfully ignorant of this bloody history, right-wing activists demonize child migrants as a national security threat or as parasites on the social welfare system.
For kids from Central America in particular, anti-trafficking policies passed under the previous administration have entitled them to due process and a full court hearing to determine eligibility for humanitarian relief. And despite what the crowds of angry bigoted protesters say, that is a good thing.
The funding Obama seeks for processing deportations and border enforcement will only militarize – not humanize – our immigration policy.
The chaotic scenes at the border are a window into the hemispheric inequality that the US has cultivated – and profited from – for generations. To push away this youngest generation won't "send a message" about the nation's rule of law, because the cruel rhetoric of "sealing the border" can't outweigh message these kids bring with them to the border: that they're here, their rights must be recognized and that, when they seek refuge, they are only demanding the dignity that has been unjustly denied to their communities since before they were born.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
We have ‘economic strife & drug wars here.
We don’t need more people to support!!!
Why isn’t this type info in the hands of Cruz or Perry. Releasing it to the MSM would only make them go into coverup mode and have NSA employees hacking the server / website and delete all traces.../s or not
The problem is the educated LIV millenials have had their heads stuffed full of “crap” by universities with no real life coping skills, wisdom, or discernment and they are up against a very savvy political machine that uses social and MSM to manipulate their every thought. It’s so ingrained and “normal” to them they can’t see it for what it is. They’ve been manipulated and controlled by the forces that be from their formative. Even Murdoch said “we own them”. He wasn’t kidding. The reality is, despite how intelligent they think they are, they are up against a much more intelligent and cunning adversary that makes them very stupid by comparison and they are too blind to see it.
The problem is the educated LIV millenials have had their heads stuffed full of “crap” by universities with no real life coping skills, wisdom, or discernment and they are up against a very savvy political machine that uses social and MSM to manipulate their every thought. It’s so ingrained and “normal” to them they can’t see it for what it is. They’ve been manipulated and controlled by the forces that be from their formative years completely unaware. Even Murdoch said “we own them”. He wasn’t kidding. The reality is, despite how intelligent they think they are, they are up against a much more intelligent and cunning adversary that makes them very stupid by comparison and they are too blind to see it.
That’s why we put our children in private schools. Breitbart was right. It’s all about the media.
I ask, what kind of dummies do those in Congress have on their staffs? Freepers are indeed, intelligent and diligent, but how could Rush and Mark, etc, not be as informed as we?
Even Senator Cruz?
Too many distractions to see the forest gor the trees, which I think is intentional by the current administration. I think they really do have a propaganda directorate that is extremely active which is used for psychological warfare to overwhelm the public to paralyze them and it has worked. People are going to have to put their blinders on, prioritize, and focus on what really matters.
Too many distractions to see the forest for the trees, which I think is intentional by the current administration. I think they really do have a propaganda directorate that is extremely active which is used for psychological warfare to overwhelm the public to paralyze them and it has worked. People are going to have to put their blinders on, prioritize, and focus on what really matters.
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