It was only a few years ago that My Daughter, Shannon and and Her Daughter, Lily went to Juarez,Mexico to build a home for a young family that was caught up in the immigration
promise that they would be able to get into the United States.....and be allowed to raise their family without dire poverty,and also make enough dinero's to help the family left at home.......
These families were approached by fellow Mexican "Coyote's" who sold them on the "idea" that if the families "pooled " their dinero's and paid it to them.....they in effect promised that they would get them into the the greatest nation in the world.......and lives would be changed forever......that was true in part.......
Lives were changed....but not for the good......These young families were led to barren land in Juarez and left to themselves,since they could not get across the border contrary to reports that it was easy.....We found them living in "cardboard "appliance boxes with no electricity,plumbing,water or jobs........The children were in their early years and were left without "any hope" for the future......
The Drug "Cartels " in an attempt to maintain its economic strength and control of the area have been killing members of the establishment which include Politicans,Police and Military....
The City has become a war zone...........Hundred's of killings this year
The latest action of the Cartel is to use car bombs ..........It is an escalation that has made Juarez one of the most dangerous places in the world.......
I assume that the families we met have moved on...but how will humanitarian care be allowed to help.........and how many will volunteer to enter this murder zone.......
I understand the issues over immigration.......however Once you have seen the families and looked them in the "eye "you feel with the "heart " and not your pocketbook........
Maybe convicted US drug dealers should be brought to those Juarez villages to build the homes.
ReplyDeleteBased on what we saw, and imagining violence on top of that extreme poverty, illegal immigration out of Juarez now can be viewed as a refugee situation.
ReplyDeleteShannon I failed to mention that you have been in Juarez multiple times...
ReplyDeleteand your comments on the issue are much appreciated.