No one likes long threads, but y’all need to know the latest from Laredo. I’m here volunteering at an immigrant clinic and shelter that was set up ad hoc by the local Catholic Church under the auspices of Catholic Charities. They have taken in almost 20,000 people since May.
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In addition to this issue, our government is determined to make them as miserable here as possible. The City of Laredo agreed to house migrants on this side of the border in vacant government buildings with air conditioning for $1 for 18 months. The feds said no.
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Instead, they are building tent cities. In south Texas. In August.pic.twitter.com/uQRg3YrTEC
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So instead of allowing facilities like this charity shelter to take them in, instead of letting them stay in an air conditioned building, they are sending them into the streets of Mexico and into tents.
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Anyway, I don’t know the answer to all this right now. I’ll be posting a video later and will update you as I know more. Please spread this story and tag media.
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Update: These tents will be used as courtrooms for migrant asylum hearings instead of using the buildings offered by Laredo. We’re going to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to erect these tents instead of using nearly free facilities. Wonder who got the contracts?
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Pot prohibition means they have nothing to grow that will grow with which to compete & have to work in narcotics & the drug war deaths leave only ignorant youths with guns in gangs. Mexicans & More & decades gone by.
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Trump doesn't care. Stephen Miller loves it.
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*and recruitment. Desperate people are...desperate enough to be potential recruits.
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