Subject: Free the Children...P.S.
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:00:32
From: Jay J. Johnson-Castro, Sr. <jay@villadelrio.com>
To: Rosa Rosales <RosaRosales@LULAC.org>,Jaime Martinez (L-I-B) <iueorg@aol.com>,Jose Orta <orta_jose@hotmail.com>,Sherry Dana * <sdana@pdana.com>,Jane V. <jlvanpraag@sbcglobal.net>,Bob Libal <boblibal@gmail.com>,Leslie Cunningham (I-ATX) <hlcunn@sbcglobal.net>,Angela Kopit <akopit@myarbonne.com>,Nina Fantl <nina@fantlfirm.com>,Brad Rockwell <rrrrrockwell@yahoo.com>,Gloria Benacci <gbenacci@yahoo.com>,Antonio Diaz <texasindigenouscouncil@yahoo.com>,Adrienne <superluckygirl13@yahoo.com>,Pedro Ruiz <pedro_ruiz21@yahoo.com>,Jina Gayton <jgemgaiton@aim.com>,Christina Rodriguez <christinarod49@yahoo.com>,Cynthia Valadez <cvaladez-mata@sbcglobal.net>,Veronica Prior <veroprior@gmail.com>,Greg Moses <gmosesx@prodigy.net>,Anita (Nena) Lopez <usnavyqueen@comcast.net>,Frank Smith <fsmith@kanokla.net>,Javier Iribarren <fjiribarren@gmail.com>,Sarnata Reynolds <SReynolds@aiusa.org>,Melissa del Bosque (M-P-TX) <delbosque@texasobserver.org>,Patty Ruland (M-P)
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P.S. Does anyone know of someone who might
be willing to translate this article and send it back " Reply All "
so we can distribute it?
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2008/08/11/index.php?section=politica&article=018n1pol
Much gratitude to Greg Moses of the Texas Civil Rights Review
for having posted this already.
http://texascivilrightsreview.org/phpnuke/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1290
I'm in preparation for this weeks El Paso border
wall protest march. March for Peace and Unity . When I get
back, I'll be working on getting this this information out as widely
distributed as possible.
In solidarity...
Jay
Jay J. Johnson-Castro, Sr. wrote:
Afternoon Hutto champions...
My heart breaks again, like it broke when I first learned about Hutto.
For some time now, we've been fighting to expose and close Hutto, where
the immigrant children have been imprisoned in 8' x 12' cells for
profit... currently at the tune of about $10-15K per month.
Since we started protesting Hutto, the population has dropped
significantly. Most of this year, I've been saying that Hutto is more
like a symbol of darker reality. While we are justifiably focused on
Hutto, innocent children are being swept up en mass all across the
country during cruel ICE raids and at the border...and all the while
the Hutto population is decreasing.
I keep asking myself and others where they're being taken...in
conformity with the Reno vs. Flores case. Even the SAVE Act (HB 4088)
asks for more Hutto like facilities. All we have to do is look at the
numbers and realize that not even a few more Huttos could ever handle
the thousands of children caught up in the Endgame raids.
The incredible reporting here, both in English and Spanish, confirms my
deepest concerns about the immigrant children.
http://www.texasobserver.org/blog/index.php/2008/08/15/deported-children-abandoned-in-mexico/
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2008/08/11/index.php?section=politica&article=018n1pol
This information has been out there since the first of the year and I
have yet to see any grassroots efforts to expose and deal with
it...until Melissa's article.
We must do something about this! We WILL.
A
child imprisoned, maltreated or dumped on the other side of our
southern borders by our government is being done by all of us...if we
do not stand up to it. Chertoff, DHS and ICE are robbing America of
all moral dignity when our country can cruelly commit such crimes
against children with impunity.
In America...children must be free, treated with all tenderness and
protected. No child should be left behind...bars!
For a America to be free...we must...
Free the Children .
Jay
P.S. I no doubt missed some folks here that have championed the
children. Please feel free to share. jjj
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