(I'm not much of a letter writer, by way of eloquence, sorry).
Many of us have witnessed the plight of American citizen Sara Saga who is holed up in the US Consulate in Saudi Arabia, trying to leave so she can home to the USA. We were told this morning on Fox News Channel that Consulate workers let Saudi representatives into Sara's bedroom without her permission where she was intimidated and coerced into signing a paper.
Sara stated this morning on Fox News Channel that she will live in that bedroom forever rather than leave the country without her children.
Why is the State Department not doing more to help this mother and her children, when they are in fear for their lives? This mother was kidnapped, married off and forcibly coverted to Islam.
Why is the State Department telling Sara's mother that any food Sara and her children need will not be provided by our government, but must be provided for by her for her daughter and grandchildren? This is obviously an exceptional circumstance.
I strongly urge you to consider the amount of media attention this story is garnering, and the fact that nearly every story on TV is included with an on the phone interview with Sara herself who is reporting her treatment back to us at home. Her treatment not only by the Saudi government she is desperately trying to escape, but her treatment by her own American government, who are supposed to be protecting her under the rule of "asylum."
Please take whatever actions necessary to ensure that Sara and her children can safely travel back to America.
Press the Saudi government on this issue. I strongly urge you to refuse their citizens educational and travel visas to our country unless they allow this woman, an American citizen, her adult and human right to travel at her own will, with her children.
We are counting on you to do the humane thing, the right thing.