All the talk in Washington these days seems to be about how to speed up the deportation of the children coming to our borders escaping a life of violence, death, poverty and hopelessness from their homes in Central America. Stephen Colbert did a segment on The Colbert Report recently that calls out the hypocrisy of our politicians and, I am afraid, our country. You should watch it.
It seems like most politicians from both parties are looking for ways to speed the deportation of these children. Many of these children have grounds for asylum even under our rather antiquated laws. Both legally and morally they deserve a real opportunity to receive asylum. A recent article in The New York Times entitled "Rush to Deport Young Migrants Could Trample Asylum Claims" (here) makes this crisis more personal and real. I hope you will read it, and then demand that President Obama not send these children back to poverty, violence and death.
Thanks for reading and please comment,
The Unabashed Liberal
Thanks for the Colbert link. Husbandman saw this and told me it was great. Now I can check it out. This is another upsetting issue. I'll read more about it today. Thanks, UL.
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