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We are still here - I am up to my eyeballs in home improvement projects, trying to make up for lost time and an attempt to beat the heat when I just wilt. Notably and most important and not covered down here was Biden's super victorious American Rescue Plan, which truly was,"... for all its flaws, it remains a major achievement, and one hell of a good start."
But, for weeks and especially now, the Republicans (and others) are rubbing their greedy little hands together hoping and praying that Biden will fall into ruin due to the immigration dilemma. It is an act of pure schadenfreude if ever there was one. My question is, who spread the misinformation that the United States was now granting free access particularly during this pandemic with mulitple variants of concern?
Several years ago back in 2014 there was general agreement that the Drug Cartels themselves were encouraging the migration of thousands upon thousands of children to create a diversion - to confuse and humiliate U.S. law enforcement. These days, it's difficult to pin the blame on any one group - although several come to mind: Russia, Iran, the insane brother and sister act of North Korea...and jealousy and bitterness runs deep around the world as many countries that simply handled the COVID -19 virus poorly and are so far behind in vaccinations is incredible. Their dwindling societies remain suffering with lack of hope, stifled by the pandemic and economic disaster. Depending on how you feel, there have been obstructions for a smooth transition from the Trump Reign of Terror to the Biden Days:
~ From The New York Times:
Mexican Law Halts U.S. From Turning Back Some Migrant Families
By, Zolan Kanno-Youngs
I believe it is fair to say that San Diego detainment facilities are at capacity with unaccompanied migrant children as we speak. So, here are some highlights:
~ From the National Immigration Forum:
Fact Sheet: Unaccompanied Migrant Children (UACs)
By Danilo Zak |
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~ From CNN:
- Biden boxed in on immigration as migrant children crisis continues
- Dallas convention center to be used to shelter migrant teenage boys
- DHS chief directs FEMA to aid in sheltering unaccompanied migrant children
- CNN at the border: Why migrants say they're making the dangerous journey now
- Video: The faces of the immigration surge at the US-Mexico border
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- Adding this link so you are up to date on the drug war carnage down here;scroll through "Noticias del Dia " - and also click "Ensenada". I need to note that Carlos Alvarez is covering the statements of General Glen David VanHerk. No es bueno amigos:
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Meanwhile...Happy St. Patrick's Day Y'all !
But the ghosts still haunt the waves
And the torch lights up a famished man
Who fortune could not save
Did you work upon the railroad
Did you rid the streets of crime
Were your dollars from the white house
Were they from the five and dime
Did the old songs taunt or cheer you
And did they still make you cry
Did you count the months and years
Or did your teardrops quickly dry
Ah, no, says he, 'twas not to be
On a coffin ship I came here
And I never even got so far
That they could change my name
Thousands are sailing
Across the western ocean
To a land of opportunity
That some of them will never see
Fortune prevailing
Across the western ocean
Their bellies full
Their spirits free
They'll break the chains of poverty
And they'll dance
In Manhattan's desert twilight
In the death of afternoon
We stepped hand in hand on Broadway
Like the first man on the moon
And "The Blackbird" broke the silence
As you whistled it so sweet
And in Brendan Behan's footsteps
I danced up and down the street
Then we said goodnight to Broadway
Giving it our best regards
Tipped our hats to Mister Cohen
Dear old Times Square's favorite bard
Then we raised a glass to JFK
And a dozen more besides
When I got back to my empty room
I suppose I must have cried
Thousands are sailing
Again across the ocean
Where the hand of opportunity
Draws tickets in a lottery
Postcards we're mailing
Of sky-blue skies and oceans
From rooms the daylight never sees
Where lights don't glow on Christmas trees
But we dance to the music
And we dance
Thousands are sailing
Across the western ocean
Where the hand of opportunity
Draws tickets in a lottery
Where e'er we go, we celebrate
The land that makes us refugees
From fear of Priests with empty plates
From guilt and weeping effigies
And we dance"
Writer/s: Philip Chevron
Back to the salt mines...stay safe...