Bernie Sanders Condemns Mass Deportations of Central Americans

[Uncle Joe]

"We need to take steps to protect children and families seeking refuge here, not cast them out,” said Sanders after news of the deportation plan emerged.

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The wave of deportations began shortly after the new year with the detention of families in Atlanta, Georgia. That was followed up with the mass deportation of hundreds of Guatemalan migrants and asylum seekers.

Several Central American countries are experiencing an explosion of violent crime, largely due to impunity and the collaboration between state security officials and organized crime groups.

Many families have been forced to flee to the United States to escape the rampant violence. The United Nations has asked U.S. officials to treat the newcomers as refugees and not to deport them. The decision to raid homes to conduct deportations, unprecedented in modern U.S. history, is proving to be highly controversial and is likely to continue to be a contentious issue on the campaign trail.

http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Bernie-Sanders-Condemns-Mass-Deportations-of-Central-Americans-20160110-0015.html

[Uncle Joe]

1. It seems the United States is incapable of protecting anyone, what's particularly tragic about this

is our own culpability in creating the problem in the first place whether it was supporting a military coup in Honduras or the ridiculous war on drugs which turned that region of the world into a war zone.