Thread by @RAICESTEXAS

On this #WorldRefugeeDay let's remember that:

👉🏾The U.S. has uprooted millions from their homes through war, trade agreements & interventions
👉🏾Climate change displaces people
👉🏾We're a rich nation.

So why welcome refugees & asylum seekers? Because it's our moral obligation.

Let's expand.

In the U.S., we often view immigration as a domestic policy issue. However, when viewing other regions of the world, it’s clear that government responses to migration today are creating a global human rights crisis.

With populations from North Africa in Italy and Spain, from Southeast Asia in the Middle East, and from Central American across the United States, migration is not the fault of the people that have to leave their homes.

Global migration will only increase with climate change. And the international community of nations has shown little leadership to address the issue on a global scale.

The United States has had an important role in establishing the status quo. From funding the civil wars across Central America, to enabling the trafficking of military-grade weapons to flow southbound, to the very recent coup in Honduras.

U.S. based corporations have designed mechanisms to dilute their responsibilities regarding human & labor rights: from ensuring trade agreements that benefit them at the expense of rural communities abroad, or temporary work programs that put workers in precarious situations.

It's because of our moral obligation to respond to this global crisis that we want to remind our government that asylum is legal and must be used to welcome those seeking home and safety.

And that we must continue to welcome and protect refugees. #UprootedAndUplifted