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The Care Mike Pence is Proud Of                                                              ______________________________________________________________

7/18/2019

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I hope Mike Pence's children have never been left solely in his care. After touring two Border Patrol facilities recently, he assured the press that personnel there were "providing care that every American would be proud of." Really? Have you met any of those proud Americans? I haven't. Have you seen any of the relatively few photos taken inside those facilities? I have. 

But what can we expect of a government that thinks a "mylar emergency blanket" (one per inmate) is sufficient bedding in a pinch for man, woman or child on a cold concrete floor in a windowless cage?  Imagine yourself there after a days-long trek through  unpredictable peril.  Imagine that windowless enclosure, the always-on glare of overhead lights, the grit on your unwashed body, the stench of others, the hunger, the fear, the uncertainty. Imagine not knowing where your children are.  

Granted, some facilities are more humane than others, but if the conditions are as rosy as Pence claims, why have legislators not been allowed inside any facility they choose at any time they choose? 
And when they do go inside, why are cell phones banned?

Now, we have many voices. Here are some  unmistakeable messages from a recent demonstration in Oceanside, California. ​
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The packaged size of the one "blanket" immigrants are provided in the most crowded and under-supplied facilities. Fortunately, if our government is to be believed, not all "accommodations" are so harsh, but one such facility is one too many.
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A demonstrator at a recent protest in Oceanside, California, wears what appears to be a clerical stole. It's actually a "strand" of the packaged mylar blankets.
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Diane Altona
7/22/2019 04:58:07 pm

Having spent my junior year of college in Mexico City as a Spanish major, living with a Mexican widow and her aging mother, I can say that wherever I went during those 13 months I was treated not only respectfully but with caring and consideration. There was never any doubt that I was accepted as a fellow human being, with never a sneer at my being a Gringa.

To see what my own country's powers-that-be are doing to the migrants from Latin America who are trying to enter the United States, and the disrespect, cruelty and greed with which they are treated, horrifies me and makes me ashamed to be an American.

I cannot travel now for personal reasons, but if I were to travel beyond our borders, my passport would wear an anonymous cover so as not to be identified with the country of my birth. That's what POTUS and his lackeys have done to America.

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