On 6/15 I posted Asylum Seekers. I had intended to include several URLs to assist people who want to take action. I am repeating that poem here (with minor corrections) in that I don’t believe that I could much improve on it. Over the weekend the situation has grown worse. It’s now about 2000 kids incarcerated. Asylum seekers are being blocked deliberately at Customs ports of entry forcing them to enter illegally so as to be arrested. In many cases parents have been deported back to their country of origin without their children. Also, there are no protocols in place to be able to track the parents and their children so that they could be reunited. President Trump is still falsely blaming the Democrats. The more the misery the more likely, he feels, the Democrats will cave and vote to pay for his wall and much more restrictive immigration measures. The applicable law was passed by the Bush administration. Neither Bush nor Obama implemented the law using a zero-tolerance policy. This is strictly Trump’s doing and he knows it. The URLs that I have in mind are for: calling your Senator, June 30th Events, and Families Belong Together. These latter two are for participating in demonstrations. The last one includes participation even if you can’t physically participate in a demonstration.
Asylum Seekers
It’s happening here at our Mexican border
Seeking asylum from horrible fates
They’ve traversed great distances simply in order
To live with their loved ones in these golden states
Then after cruel hardships, when at entry ports
They get turned away; no more room they say
So they enter illegally not at a port
Only to have their kids taken away
An evil new policy Trump has imposed
It’s called “zero tolerance” aimed at deterrence
“Asylum seekers, our borders are closed.
No longer the haven of refugee preference”
Some two thousand children removed from their parents
With records inaccurate: whose child is whose?
Some living in tents, desert heat that’s abhorrent
While Trump blames the Dems falsely for this abuse
It’s Trumpian policy easily reversed
It’s not but a bargain chip: Trump wants the wall
He’s ready to ruin lives; his wants come first
It’s time, to your Congressman please make that call
6/15/18
