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Afghan kids struggle in an ill-equipped US shelter ---- Some have hurt themselves, harmed other children or threatened staff while others have tried to escape
asiatimes.com ^ | November 3, 2021 | Melissa Sanchez

Posted on 11/04/2021 6:58:13 PM PDT by elpadre

Some children who were evacuated from Afghanistan and are being cared for at a Chicago shelter for immigrant minors have hurt themselves, harmed other children or threatened staff. Others have tried to escape or talked about wanting to die. Some have required psychiatric hospitalization.

These events at the shelter were described by three employees and other people familiar with the conditions there, as well as being detailed in police records and internal documents obtained by ProPublica.

Employees at the shelter, which is operated by the nonprofit Heartland Alliance, say they are overwhelmed and ill-equipped to care for the roughly 40 Afghan children and teens placed there by the US government, many of them traumatized by war in their homeland and their hasty evacuation.

The employees said they have never experienced this level of disorganization or stress, even though some of them worked through the chaos inside Heartland shelters following the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy of separating children from their parents.

Language and cultural barriers have exacerbated the problem. Workers said no employees speak Pashto or Dari, the children’s main languages, and access to phone-based interpretation lines is limited, making it difficult to deescalate tense encounters.

(Excerpt) Read more at asiatimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; atghanimmigrants; dari; daria; interpreters; pashto
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1 posted on 11/04/2021 6:58:13 PM PDT by elpadre
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Clearly, they would be happier in Afghanistan.


2 posted on 11/04/2021 6:59:39 PM PDT by PGR88
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send them back

3 posted on 11/04/2021 7:00:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: PGR88

Well Joe left a lot of cool toys back there. Rocket launchers, fully automatic rifles and a host of other goodies Santa Claus won’t leave me. it makes me want to go there to see what I can find.


4 posted on 11/04/2021 7:02:47 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I had to change my homepage because it was embellished somewhat. Apologies to all.)
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To: elpadre

What will these kids grow up to be??? In this environment it has all the appearances of turning out young terrorists anxious for revenge against a country which has caused great trauma to impressionable kids.

from the article:
“..In spite of Heartland’s efforts, the shelter has been the scene of a series of troubling incidents, described in police records, internal documents and interviews. In emails sent to management and staff last week, one shelter worker wrote that the young Afghans were “displaying behavior that I have not seen in my almost five years at [Heartland].” Another wrote that police and ambulance workers had been on site “a record amount over the last few days and weeks alone.”


5 posted on 11/04/2021 7:04:37 PM PDT by elpadre ( ying them.)
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To: PGR88

Maybe they should talk to my President Donald J. Trump, when he’s back in the WH! He’s much nicer than what’s stunk up the place.


6 posted on 11/04/2021 7:05:43 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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To: elpadre

LETS GO BRANDON !!


7 posted on 11/04/2021 7:07:47 PM PDT by just me (Trade your liberty for temporary safety. I will keep mine. My family doesn't fly a white flag.)
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I’m sure it’s nothing $450,000 wouldn’t take care of.


8 posted on 11/04/2021 7:12:14 PM PDT by moovova (I'm dismayed that most of the world hates me for being non-vaxxed. Honest. No, really.)
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To: elpadre

40? Just 40? These non profits sign up for this crap. Now they claim the system is broken...sounds like they are broken.

Get/hire somebody that speaks the language...I mean come on...yall hauled over a bunch of Afghanis...

Sound like a play for money.


9 posted on 11/04/2021 7:16:42 PM PDT by Adder ("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
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Lots of genetic inbreeding in Afghanistan with everything that goes with it. Just sayin’.


10 posted on 11/04/2021 7:17:21 PM PDT by House Atreides
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"and cultural barriers"

Crapping anywhere they feel like?

11 posted on 11/04/2021 7:17:28 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: elpadre

Send them back.

L


12 posted on 11/04/2021 7:18:00 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: elpadre

The underlying premise of the article is that they deserve to be here. They do not, and neither do many or most of their parents.

They need to adapt to their environment, and not the other way around.


13 posted on 11/04/2021 7:18:39 PM PDT by MortMan (You better bring yours, when you come to take mine. - Creed Fisher)
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Definitely.


14 posted on 11/04/2021 7:34:14 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: Deaf Smith

Sodomy


15 posted on 11/04/2021 7:35:51 PM PDT by buwaya
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To: BenLurkin

I wonder, have any of them begging ‘to be sent back’ actually gotten their wish? Most do not belong here. The cultures are too different without some level of preperation.


16 posted on 11/04/2021 7:36:13 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: elpadre

Chicago. Sounds like they’re assimilating nicely.


17 posted on 11/04/2021 7:37:53 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: elpadre

displaying what behavior ???


18 posted on 11/04/2021 7:39:38 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: elpadre

Send Them Back.


19 posted on 11/04/2021 7:43:25 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: BipolarBob

If you do go can I have all your stuff? ; )


20 posted on 11/04/2021 7:48:12 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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