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 Los Deportados: Stories From the Other SidePosted on May 5, 2012
A recent report by the Pew Hispanic Center revealed that Mexican repatriation from the U.S. between 2005 and 2010 doubled from the previous five years. Roughly 4.4 million immigrants were “deported, removed or returned.” Many were separated from their families. In early 2012, freelance journalists and University of Arizona students Murphy Woodhouse and ST McNeil spoke with a number of immigrants deported to the Mexican border city of Nogales, Sonora. In the video below, and at the website “Los Deportados,” we hear directly from them about the ghastly human costs of the American government’s deportation policies. —ARK murphywoodhouse: Advertisement TAGS:
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By americanme, May 7, 2012 at 5:00 pm Link to this comment
Yeah, well, I’m just the generous type.
Report thisBy Blueokie, May 7, 2012 at 3:27 pm Link to this comment
americanme - “potential” collateral damage? Rather generous of you.
Report thisBy americanme, May 7, 2012 at 12:41 pm Link to this comment
Richard: Sadly, it’s easy to see that despite your apparent good intentions in volunteering and all, you are definitely white.
Whites ALWAYS think they can tell non-whites how to feel and behave. You are so conditioned to believe you are superior that you regard the rest of humanity as just potential collateral damage.
Report thisBy Richard, May 7, 2012 at 2:08 am Link to this comment
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I am white and I *DO* sympathize with the horrors of
the deportados. I volunteered at a shelter in Tijuana
providing food, clothing and housing for people who
have been chewed up by the coyotes on one side and
the border patrol on the other. The stories I heard
are tragic.
@americanme: Troll remark—may be true. Your anger is
justified, but please don’t generalize about all
whites.
I think it is well past time that people STOP
Report thisthinking in emotionless terms like “border defenses”
and “deportation issues” and START thinking of
“people as people.”
By americanme, May 6, 2012 at 12:17 pm Link to this comment
Mairead:
You are a racist troll.
I have NO sumpathy for whites uber alles folks like you.
Not only did the ancestors of many of the folks who have been deported live north of the Rio Bravo, but they lived there before the whites invaded to violate their human rights as well as the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which committed to rspecting their religion, their language and the Spanish land grants.
As a native person, I know all about the lack of sympathy you and yours have for us non-whites.
Report thisBy Mairead, May 6, 2012 at 10:48 am Link to this comment
I feel little or no sympathy for the deportees.
Their self-serving claims to the contrary notwithstanding, their ancestors did not live north of the Rio Grande.
That means they have less right to come and live here than anyone who was born here and MUCH less right than, for example, the descendants of the people brought here from Africa in chains against their will.
If they want better lives, they should ditch the Catholic Church and work to turf out the big landowners and corrupt politicians that the RC Church incestuously supports. (The only overpopulated country that exports people to the US but is not in thrall to the RCC is China)
Report thisBy Carlo, May 6, 2012 at 9:19 am Link to this comment
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Great News! Thanks. This means more jobs for poor Americans and more resources for American poor, blacks, native American, and Hispanic Americans too. I agree, build up border defenses so we don’t have to deal with the deportation issues. For those more concerned by poverty in Mexico than poverty in the USA, there are many Mexican charities you can help fund.
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