Posted on 12/03/2018 12:54:02 PM PST by reaganaut1
The University of California Berkeley student government has resolved to financially support the Honduran migrant caravan after a four-hour meeting Wednesday evening, during which senators were told that voting against the funding would be “violent."
The resolution passed Wednesday night was presented by the Associated Students of the University of California. Among other initiatives, the bill titled In Support of Central American Refugees in their Pursuit of Asylum proposed that the student government allocate $1500 to be donated to a non-profit organization with the intent of helping to fund the caravan.
These students urged the association to “put their money where their mouth is”...and asserted that a refusal to allocate the $1500 in caravan assistance funding would be “damn petty." Tweet This
The bill specifically referenced the Honduran migrant caravan, acknowledging that "while some have gradually arrived to the US-Mexico border, thousands are still en route and should arrive in the next week or two,” and calling on the student government to “be in solidarity” with these individuals.
The document details the plight of Honduran citizens and blames the state of Honduras on the United States. "The United States, fueled by corporate greed, has strategically intervened in Central American politics and warfare; thus strengthening the U.S. economy and further disregarding the livelihood of the citizens in these countries."
Multiple Latino American students, one of whom stated that she was "undocumented and unafraid," showed up to speak before the vote in an effort to persuade senators to pass the bill, some more aggressive than others. These students urged the association to “put their money where their mouth is” to prove their empathy for the migrants and asserted that a refusal to allocate the $1,500 in caravan assistance funding would be “damn petty.”
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Are you referring to the caravan or UC Berkeley?
Exactly.
Make the left live up to their rules.
Be it resolved that all students will be evicted from the dorms to make room for the migrants.
Do you really need to be smart to be accepted into Cal, these days?
Federal funding and contracts with the UC should be stopped. A school with student body funding people to break our laws is too stupid to be educating kids at our expense or doing research at our expense.
$1500 could pay for a lot of munchies for the undergraduate students at Berkeley. That would be more related to student life.
UC Berkeley. Think of all the future riots, marxist types, and anarchists we could eliminate. Hey Socialists who may be reading this, it's just a joke. However, you students and professors at Berkeley and other Socialist institutions need to have your ass kicked into reality. You're never going to experience your Utopian dream. It's unworkable.
Why? Because you're not taught the reality of human nature and our intrinsic characteristics. You're only taught feelings and not logical acumen. You ignore your own cognitive abilities for feel good solutions that never work. You're operating on a short leash by the socialists/communists that instruct you.
Pathetic. It wont even buy a decent pair of shoes for even one of them.
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