A 2-year-old Honduran asylum seeker cries as her mother is searched and detained near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12 in McAllen, Texas. (John Moore / Getty Images)
This HAS to stop. This is not about the US – this is a HUMAN problem. The United States is committing human rights violations that are prohibited by the United Nations. If the global community does not step in and intercede, we are complicit in what is tantamount to some of the worst violations in recent memory. Allow me to clarify – governments that have stolen people’s children include, but are not limited to:
– The Nazi Regime
– Canada – First Nations, Ukrainians, Japanese, Jewish Refugees, Italian Canadians
– Apartheid government in South Africa
– The National Reorganization Process in Argentina
– Australia – German and Austrians during WWI
– Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War
– Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile
– The People’s Republic of China
– Castro’s Cuba
– Stalin’s Russia
– Finland – Russian children during WWII
– British India
I could go on – but why on Earth should I have to?? I cannot fathom that any right-thinking person would agree that ANY of those regimes bears repeating!! These are HUMANS!! These are CHILDREN!!
I beg of you, all of you, ANY of you to do more than stand idly by whilst a country that prides itself on being “The Leader of The Free World” employs tactics that bely anything but freedom. Speak out, speak up! Reach out to your government, reach out to human rights organizations, reach out to Amnesty International. Just DO something!
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Originally intended to simply focus on book reviews, over time, KaliDesautelsReads has morphed into its own entity.
I write about issues that are near to my heart, be they political, feminist, motherhood, mental health, or, as the title holds, books.
A thirty-something Canadian woman in my mid-thirties, I have been "super married" to my high school sweetheart since 2006, and together we have two crazy, clever, kind, hilarious, wonderful kids.
My first book - How Not To Blog: Finding Myself, One Post at a Time is available on Amazon (in eBook formats for you clever tech readers, and paperback for those of us who love that new book smell!)
I have tried a podcast - it's still on Apple and Google Podcasts - but writing is where my heart is.
My life changed dramatically when my husband was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer in 2018, and I am now a writer for a leading Canadian Cancer Non-Profit.
I am lucky enough to have a family that loves me and pushes me to be my best, even if it is outside of my cushiony comfort zone. I have a village of friends that nourish me, mentally, and spiritually.
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