On 6/23/18, Carl Jarvis <carjar82@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The United States has crossed the line...again. It definitely meets
the definition of a Rogue Nation. The USA has become so uncaring
toward those seeking asylum that now even the well being of little
children is disregarded. Think of it, babies and small children are
torn from the arms of helpless parents and sent away without any
ability to return them later. Those small children who possess the
ability to speak, mostly do not speak English. Many are so young that
they do not even know their own last names. Think of those American
adults who are charged with seizing these poor children. These
Americans were raised in a nation that prides itself on being the
Center of Compassion, the promoter of democracy, built on the
traditional family unit, believing that, through our being raised in
the Village, we are compassionate people.
So how do we justify the behavior of those whom we raised in such a
caring environment? Or is that loving environment just another
myth...a lie meant to placate Americans.
Personally, I am filled with sorrow, grieving for those children and
their families, because I know full well that this unfeeling
government has no way of reuniting families. This rogue government
sent its goons with orders to seize children, not to register them.
The families are being treated as herd animals, not as suffering
humans.
Shame on those who claim to be American Citizens, raised on our
democratic values, shame on them for their unfeeling treatment of
those people crying out for protection from the oppressive Lands they
have fled.
But before we say that America has "lost its way", we need to review
our own violent history. From the time the American Flag first was
raised, we have been ruled by an Oligarchy of White, Male, Land
Owners. Corporate Capitalism is the tool that keeps most Americans
in line. Capitalism, and its expanded Corporate nature, is structured
in such a way that those in the Ruling Class will always maintain
control over the Land and the natural resources, and they will use
those resources to control the living standards of those who labor for
them.
Ripping apart families seeking our help does not make sense to most of
us Americans. But the Ruling Class has a purpose for this behavior,
or they would not allow it to happen.
We need to think about just what the reasons are. This exercise is
important if we want to understand our own place in the American
Empire's Class Structure.
Carl Jarvis
On 6/22/18: > There Is No Plan: Can the 2300 Children Find Their Parents?
By Bill Simpich, Reader Supported News
22 June 18
On May 5, the US government began separating children from their migrant
parents.
2,300 youths remain in shelters and foster homes across the country.
There is no system to reunite them.
HHS is responsible for the children. ICE has jurisdiction for the adults.
There is no plan for these two agencies to work together.
Parents who are no longer detained "are entitled to get their kids back
through a documented process," U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said.
What process? The Trump's zero-tolerance strategy is brand new. He has
ordered that all immigrants illegally crossing the border will face
criminal
proceedings rather than civil proceedings. On its face, it makes no sense
to
charge refugees with misdemeanors. The devil is in the details.
Traditionally, criminal defendants are separated from their children.
Trump knew he could use this tradition as a fig leaf to hide his goal. He
and his buddies figured he could use this family separation as leverage
to
get his policies through a divided Congress.
These families speak many languages. A number of them are Native American
languages, known to few outsiders. Who will do the translation between
these
refugees and these HHS and ICE officials? After 9/11, only a handful of
government officials even knew Arabic.
These 2300 children are now located at 100 sites scattered across 17
states.
Their parents can literally be on the other side of the country - if they
are still in the country.
President Trump's executive order says nothing about reuniting the
families.
It does these families no good. The damage is done.
Many of this young people will be scarred for life. Think of the anguish
their parents are suffering.
What Trump, his aide Stephen Miller, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions
committed is far more than a mass human rights violation. It is one of
the
most terrible crimes anyone can imagine.
Furthermore, these men have endangered the security of American citizens
around the world. Civilized nations are convinced that our country has
lost
its collective mind.
But punishment for Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and others
cannot
be the first priority.
The first priority is to reunify the children with their parents. How can
it
be done?
The Washington Post reported that the Texas Civil Rights Project is
representing more than 300 parents and has only tracked down two
children.
Natalia Cornelio, the project representative, stated many children arrive
at
shelters without the facility knowing that they have been separated from
their parents. It is easy to mistake them as unaccompanied minors - not
children seeking reunification.
Detained parents are supposed to get a flier providing a toll-free number
for the HHS's Office of Refugee Resettlement to help them find their
children. Even this simple act is fraught with problems.
One is that many of the parents are not going to be able to read the
flier.
The second is that many of the parents are not receiving the flier.
The third is that the rules are not being followed by the feds.
Families following "the rules" and going to designated checkpoints
seeking
asylum were treated as criminals and had their children separated from
them
in these last few weeks. The ACLU is seeking a national preliminary
injunction to reunite the families of these asylum-seekers. Why should
anyone assume that the feds will follow the rules for the rest of the
2300
children?
Additional lawsuits have been filed to reunite all of the children with
their families. That is good. Every day matters. This may be the moment
that
immigration policy finally gets the attention it deserves. But what we
need
right now is a second win.
Because - right now - in the real world, not the legal world - it looks
like
hundreds of families will never be reunited. Parents have already been
deported to countries such as Guatemala and Honduras. What will happen?
Toddlers can't tell you their name, or where their parents come from.
People of goodwill are gathering at the airports again - this time, to
try
to track any children being shipped around the country.
When interviewed by PBS (beginning at 2:55), Texas public defender Sergio
Garcia was despondent about the prospects of effective reunification. "I
would say zero."
NBC's approach was mordantly upbeat. "23andMe is donating kits for
genetic
testing to reunite kids with their parents."
There is no plan.
There is a simple solution.
Bring all the children into one hall.
Bring all the parents inside.
Let them find each other.
- Bill Simpich
Bill Simpich is an Oakland attorney who knows that it doesn't have to be
like this. He was part of the legal team chosen by Public Justice as
Trial
Lawyer of the Year in 2003 for winning a jury verdict of 4.4 million in
Judi
Bari's lawsuit against the FBI and the Oakland police.
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