Posted on 11/27/2020 12:30:58 PM PST by karpov
MATAMOROS, Mexico — Griselda was 38 weeks pregnant when she sneaked across the Rio Grande into the United States late one night last year. She started having contractions in a Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, and was taken to a hospital where the medical staff gave her an injection to calm her pain and stop her from going into early labor.
Two days later, she was on a crowded bus back to Mexico, moving into a tent camp with hundreds of other migrants who were waiting for permission to enter the United States. When she finally gave birth 10 days later, her tiny daughter joined her there until a local shelter made room for them.
The wide-ranging new controls on immigration put into place under the Trump administration have made it harder for migrants of all kinds to cross the Southern border, but they have been particularly difficult for pregnant women, who often arrive at the border after arduous journeys, in a state of exhaustion.
Previously, many such women would be allowed to petition for asylum and give birth in safety in the United States while their cases were being considered. But most now, like Griselda, are sent swiftly back to Mexico to take their chances in crowded shelters and filthy tent camps. Some are held in U.S. detention facilities for months.
In a petition to the federal courts last year, the American Civil Liberties Union said it had interviewed 18 migrant women who had been detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and returned to Mexico. All were facing serious worries over how to give birth safely and keep their babies healthy.
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They’re not refugees....their economic immigrants.
Sorry...not sorry.
How close is the wall being built to McAllen?
Or...Dare I say it? Be responsible for your own reproductive choices? And don’t expect taxpayers in a foreign country to support you and your baby?
I am hoping that Trump writes an EO that undoes all the ‘anchor babies’.
The DRAIN on USA resources is massive.
I DEFY anyone to prove to me that those are “The Best & The Brightest” invaders.....
Where do you think all ‘those kids in cages at the border’ came from???
I could have a better life IF I wasn’t paying for over 65 years for taxes to support invaders.
I bought my first house in 1066. That is 54 years ago.
I have paid out more than 80 years of property taxes & school taxes due to owning/inheriting properties that overlapped.
I never had any kids.
Sure would like a refund for all those taxes.
I could have a better life IF I wasn’t paying for over 65 years for taxes to support invaders.
I bought my first house in 1066. That is 54 years ago.
I have paid out more than 80 years of property taxes & school taxes due to owning/inheriting properties that overlapped.
I never had any kids.
Sure would like a refund for all those taxes.
Without looking up all the data I have stored, it would amount to over $35,000.
1066 ? Hmmm ... Do you know Duke William of Normandy ?
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