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Supporting the Dream Act 9

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I’ve spent July in southern Mexico. The region today is defined by immigration. Traveling to one of the towns my wife studies, way up in the Mixteca, an indigenous and mountainous area about five hours from the state capital of Oaxaca, we were talking to her friends and their families, as it was the town’s feast day. These families are completely torn apart by immigration. One of her friends is the youngest of 10 children. He stayed in Mexico and is making a go of it as an artist and photographer. The other 9 are all either in the U.S. or have spent a long time there. He was opening an exhibit. Of his 9 siblings, 2 made it back for it. I assumed most of the rest were undocumented and of course can’t come back except at major risk. Nothing about his family was exceptional. These towns are completely devoid of young men and some of young women as well. There are old people and some children and a few in between who are still trying to make a living farming or in the towns. These are good, solid, hard-working people, the same as people around the world. Yet the United States treats them like criminals.

The actions of undocumented immigration activists to bring attention to these problems are so brave. The 9 activists who crossed the border in protest and then recrossed in order to get arrested are amazing. They are asking to be allowed to remain in the U.S. on humanitarian grounds. Unless they get a special exception, they probably are going to lose. For many undocumented people who get deported, they don’t even know the country of their birth. If they are 19, have they been to Guatemala or El Salvador or Mexico since they were 2? For some, no. They might not even speak Spanish well. To President Obama’s credit, he’s trying to change the system to some degree through immigration reform. But thanks to Republican racism, it isn’t going to happen. On the other hand, Obama has led the largest deportation of immigrants in American history.

The 9 activists are on a hunger strike to bring attention to their cause. They need our support and I urge you to pay attention to the case.

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