La Voz November 2020

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Flores cate the parents of Resident doctors placed signs outside 545 migrant children separated the centers letting the people know of the at the border by the Trump ad- alarming numbers of unnecessary deaths. ministration. The shocking report In the meantime, the cages stayed over- pulled sharply on my heartstrings crowded, unsanitary and few raised their as a parent. How devasting it voices to bring reforms. Social distancing must be to have your children was never an option for these caged chil- forcibly separated when arriving dren and families. The lack of hygienic at the “Haven” to which you were products, proper PPE, clean clothes and seeking refuge having left from preventative measures for more infection the horrific conditions you were were all things CBP (Customs Border Pro- escaping from. It is unimaginable that our government continues to tections) refused to be accountable for. justify family separation policies under this administration. With an overwhelming number of 400,000 foster children in the I read that on Twitter, a DHS spokesperson said, "In the current litiga- United States still awaiting adoption, the risk of the lost immigrant tion, for example, out of the parents of 485 children whom Plaintiffs’ children getting caught up in the foster system or even worse, the counsel has been able to contact, they've yet to identify a single human traffic ring is unacceptable from an administration that family that wants their child reunited with them in their country of preaches Christian and family values. America, we have got to do origin.” How desperate their condition must be to not want their chil- better than this! I encourage you to not just preach but take action dren deported back to the country and the conditions they fled from. and join the ACLU in effort to find the parents. Sign up to be a foster The wonder is how many of them are still alive? Many from Central parent. Volunteer at your local adoption agency or contact your local and South America were stranded in Mexico’s camps of squaller and DHS office to find out how you can help a child. God’s children need subjected to predators on the border. our help! Since the inception of the zero tolerance policy by the Trump Admin- Recientemente, los abogados designados por un juez federal istration, over two thirds of immigrant parents have been deported para identificar a las familias migrantes que fueron separadas back to Central America without their children. A faulty process that por la administración Trump informaron que no pudieron ubicar has required a physical search for the parents in their native coun- a los padres de 545 niños migrantes separados en la frontera tries. por la administración Trump. El impactante informe tocó la fibra sensible de mi corazón como padre. Qué devastador debe ser When White House spokesperson Brian Morgenstern was asked tener a tus hijos separados por la fuerza al llegar al “Haven” al about the report he said that many of the parents “have declined to que estabas buscando refugio habiendo dejado las horribles accept their children back...It's not for lack of effort on the admin- condiciones de las que estabas escapando. Es inimaginable que istration’s part". nuestro gobierno continúe justificando las políticas de sep- aración familiar bajo esta administración. Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project responded "There is so much more work to be done to find these Leí eso en Twitter, un portavoz del DHS dijo: "En el litigio actual, families. Gelernt responded in rebuttal to Morgensterns statement por ejemplo, de los padres de 485 niños con los que el abogado saying, “First, we have not even found these 545 parents so neither de los Demandantes ha podido contactar, todavía tienen que we nor certainly the administration can know whether they want to be identificar a una sola familia que quiera a su hijo reunirse con reunited.”He went on saying, “Second, in the past there have cer- ellos en su país de origen ". Cuán desesperada debe ser su con- tainly been parents who have made the agonizing decision to leave dición para no querer que sus hijos sean deportados de regreso the child in the U.S. because of the danger the child would face al país y las condiciones de las que huyeron. La maravilla es upon return. The humane and simple solution is for the Trump admin- ¿cuántos de ellos siguen con vida? Muchos de Centro y Sudam- istration to allow the parents to return to the U.S. to reunite with their érica quedaron varados en los campamentos de sórdidos de children but the administration is not allowing that.“ México y sometidos a depredadores en la frontera. On social media outlets immigrant parents give details of the night- Con una abrumadora cantidad de 400,000 niños de crianza en mare of countless days in a cage surrounded by other parents all lis- los Estados Unidos todavía esperando adopción, el riesgo de tening to their own child's unique cry and terror in their screams from que los niños inmigrantes perdidos queden atrapados en el sis- a cage only a few hundred feet away. tema de crianza o incluso peor, la red de tráfico de personas es inaceptable para una administración que predica los valores As a parent, it would be heart wrenching to listen to my child cry in cristianos y familiares. América, ¡tenemos que hacerlo mejor que terror, loneliness and pain knowing there was nothing I could do to esto! Los animo a no solo predicar, sino a actuar y unirse a la comfort them. The psychological trauma that these families have en- ACLU en un esfuerzo por encontrar a los padres. Regístrese dured is disheartening. para ser padre de crianza. Ofrézcase como voluntario en su agencia de adopción local o comuníquese con su oficina local Whether or not your vote is red or blue, as Americans we are well del DHS para averiguar cómo puede ayudar a un niño. ¡Los hijos aware of the experiences these families have endured and in our de Dios necesitan nuestra ayuda! THE COMMUNITY VOICE LA VOZ / NOVEMBER 2020 3 Inside ©2002-12 by The Community Voice/ La Voz MI, LLC. The Community Voice/La Voz Magazine is published by The Community Voice/La Voz MI., LLC copyright ©2002-12. 03 Guest Editorial - Primavera T. 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