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Jonathan Hayes, Dir of Office of Refugee Resettlement, the agency that farms out its child prison functions to profiteers like Caliburn & Comprehensive Health Services & Baptist Child & Family Services, so they can warehouse refugee children for months upon months...1/
... had a chat with Amnesty International. He contended that the camps run by ORR & their cronies are not governed by Flores settlement at all! It is not just a matter of cruel incompetence & greed. No. Flores, the settlement that requires minimum standards...2/
...for child welfare are met, & that confinement should never exceed 20 days, does not apply, he says, because the children—children we have seen behind fences with guards all around, children we have seen recaptured when they make a dash for freedom, children who are...3/
Suzanne Conti Martin shares- Last night, we crossed into Matamoros, Mexico with a team of women from Alabama who needed help hauling & serving out dinner. I was nervous-- Matamoros is considered to be a Level 4 Security zone which is as dangerous as like walking into Syria.1/8
I pictured chaos & pushing & shoving for the food. We each walked across the bridge with a wagon full of food. About 12 of us & about 2,000 asylum seekers living on the bridge. Things could have EASILY gotten out of control.2/8
Instead, we walked past an enormous line of people who had already formed & were patiently waiting for us to serve dinner. It took my breath away. I had to choke back the tears as I walked passed the hundreds of people waiting in line peacefully for us.3/8
