Re: [blind-democracy] ICE Officers to Asylum Seekers: 'Don't You Know That We Hate You People?'

"...Hate you people..."
Hate is the operative word.
And why not? Isn't that the underlying message given to our children?
"Hate Russians. Hate Chinese. Hate North Koreans. Hate Mexicans.
Hate all Latinos. Hate Muslims. And then there are those we secretly
hate. Blacks, Jews, Gays, the Elderly, Atheists, and those we hate
when they disagree with our Empire's goals, French, German, English,
Italians, Japanese, and most every other nation on Earth.
We declare people we hate to be "low life" and non human. With Hate
comes Contempt. And just how did we arrive at this sad place in our
miserable life? Several ways. First, Hate has been pounded into our
heads by our Empire's government. If we dare to disagree, even
slightly, we are hated and looked down on.
Second, we've seen the number of broken homes, single parent
households, and poverty spread in ever growing circles within our
nation, while a very few prosper beyond our wildest dreams, creating
deep seated hatred. We have eternal campaigning by our political
factions, using hatred of one another to attempt to rally numbers of
Americans to the many causes. Even in raising our young, we turn to
negative reinforcement techniques for training. We forget that Hatred
begets Hatred just as surely as Violence begets Violence.
If we working class people can't break the cycle and head off our
decent into the Fires of Hell, then the sooner we crash and burn, the
better for what will remain of Life.

Carl Jarvis



On 7/14/18, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@optonline.net> wrote:
> ICE Officers to Asylum Seekers: 'Don't You Know That We Hate You People?'
> By Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone
> 13 July 18
>
> New court documents reveal the cruelty of Trump's family separations
>
> The Trump child-separation horror is far from over. According to the
> government's own numbers, released late last week, as many as 3,000
> children
> were yet to be reunited with their parents. On Tuesday, the administration
> failed to comply with a court order to return all children under the age of
> five to their parents; dozens are still in government custody.
>
> In new court documents - released as part of state litigation against the
> Trump administration for breaking up these families - the voices of
> traumatized parents are front and center. In declarations made under
> penalty
> of perjury, the parents describe the anguish of having their children
> snatched away by the U.S. government, as well as sadistic behavior of the
> immigration officers who seem to mock and berate them.
>
> As described in the testimonials, migrant mistreatment extended beyond
> separation - including detention facilities so cold they were referred to
> as
> "iceboxes," bleach-tainted drinking water that burned asylum-seekers'
> throats and still-frozen food that made them vomit.
>
> Below is a selection of the parent testimonials, released in the case of
> the
> State of Washington, et al., v. Donald Trump.
>
>
> Olivia Caceres (El Salvador)
>
> Backstory: Caceres was traveling in a caravan with her 14-month-old (called
> "M." in court documents) who became sick on the journey to the U.S. border.
> The father, "J.", rushed ahead with the child, and the two were separated
> at
> the U.S. border crossing in San Ysidro, California, across from Tijuana.
>
> Testimony: "I learned from other members of the caravan who crossed
> successfully.that immigration officers took M. from J. I felt as if someone
> had dumped a bucket of cold water on me. Finally, after 7 days of
> desperately searching for M., I was able to locate him in a shelter in Los
> Fresnos, Texas. [The child was taken in November 2017 and reunited with his
> mother - who was detained at the border but subsequently released in the
> United States in February 2018.]
>
> I went to the Los Angeles airport, showed my identification, signed some
> documents and they returned M. to me. M. looked scared, he looked absent,
> he
> did not seem to capture that he was with me. He would only stare.. When I
> took off his clothes he was full of dirt and lice. It seemed like they had
> not bathed him the 85 days he was away from us.. M. is not the same since
> we
> were reunited. I thought that, because he is so young he would not be
> traumatized by this experience, but he does not separate from me. He cries
> when he does not see me."
>
>
> Angelica Rebeca Gonzalez-Garcia (Guatemala)
>
> Backstory: The 31-year-old mother fled domestic abuse with her then
> seven-year-old daughter.
>
> Testimony: "On May 10, 2018, the day after our arrest, Officers came into
> the room and told me that they intended to take my daughter away from me.
> Most devastating of all, the Officers said I would never see my daughter
> again. When the Officers told me this, I felt like collapsing and dying. I
> cannot express the pain and fear I felt at that point. My daughter was only
> seven years old and she was much too young to be taken from me.
>
> "When I asked why, the Officers said that I had 'endangered' her by
> bringing
> her here. During this same conversation one of the officers asked me 'In
> Guatemala do they celebrate mother's day?' When I answered yes he said,
> 'Then Happy Mother's Day,' because the next Sunday was Mother's day. I
> lowered my head so that my daughter would not see the tears forming in my
> eyes. That particular act of cruelty astonished me then as it does now. I
> could not understand why they hated me so much, or wanted to hurt me so
> much."
>
>
> Doris Arriagga-Pineda (Unspecified)
>
> Backstory: Fleeing domestic violence.
>
> Testimony: "On May 20th, I was detained. I requested asylum and they took
> me
> to the 'icebox' (la hielera, where I spent one day with my daughter. who is
> 6 years of age. We slept on the floor there, with only the aluminum
> blanket.
> On May 22nd, they took me to the court, when I got back, they had taken her
> away. The officer kept saying that I wasn't my daughter's mother. What
> worries me the most about my daughter is the separation. It is difficult
> for
> her to eat. She always cries. The day I called, she couldn't speak. My life
> is my daughter."
>
>
> Gladys Monroy-Guerra de Tesucum (Guatemala)
>
>
> Backstory: "I am afraid of returning to my country, because my cousin will
> kill me and my children. I caught him raping his step-daughter. He is a
> drug
> trafficker and he has killed more than 45 people. He told me, in writing
> with a note on my door, that he is going to dismember me. He has threatened
> my children as well. We had to flee..The police in my country cannot do
> anything to protect us."
>
> Testimony: "When I first spoke with ICE officers, they told us, 'Why did
> you
> come from your country?', 'Don't you know that we hate you people?', 'We
> don't want you in our country.'
>
> "My two children. fled with me and came in with me. They separated them
> from
> me, and they took me to court, where they condemned me as a criminal. No
> one
> asked me if I was afraid to return to my country or why I fled. There was
> no
> opportunity for me to say goodbye to my children. When I came back to the
> "dog kennel" (perrera), where we were being held, my boys weren't there
> anymore. I didn't know where they were.
>
> "I am seeking refuge in the USA. We are being treated like criminals in
> chains and everything. I'm just seeking refuge."
>
>
> Maricela Batres (El Salvador)
>
> Backstory: "I had a store in El Salvador. Members of the gang MS-13
> demanded
> money as 'rent.' I do not have it, and they have said that if I do not pay
> $300 a month they will kill my son and me."
>
> Testimony: "I entered the USA on May 20, 2018 with my son. We were placed
> in the 'kennel,' where we sleep on the ground with a blanket made of
> aluminum. The officers told us our children would be taken from us for the
> crime of crossing the border. The officers said that the children would not
> return. One said 'It is the price to pay for crossing the border. We do
> this
> so that when you return to your countries you do not return, and so you
> tell
> your relatives not to come because we will take your children from you.' I
> do not know where my son is. I have had no communication with him. The
> consulate gave me a paper in English with a telephone number. When I call
> it, no one answers."
>
>
> Nery Flores-Oliva (Unspecified)
>
> Backstory: "I came to the United States with my 6-year-old son, afraid
> after
> they killed my husband's two brothers."
>
> Testimony: "I entered the United States on May 14, in Reynoso. I was
> picked
> up and taken to the 'icebox,' a cold room. They treated us badly. My son
> was
> with me. The following day the officer told me that they were going to take
> my son to shower. And they sent me somewhere else, and they never returned
> with my son. I felt deceived. I never saw him again. I only ask that I be
> reunited with my son. He is young. He needs me."
>
>
> Yolani Karina Padilla-Orellana (Honduras)
>
> Backstory: "I am a single mother. I received death threats and was afraid
> they would take my son in Honduras. That is why I decided to come with my
> son to the United States."
>
> Testimony: "When we arrived to the United States on May 18, the officers
> said. when would we stop coming? [and] that it would be better if a bomb
> were set off in our countries.. From there, my son Jelsin and I were
> separated. I was not told where he was being taken. They only told me he
> would be a ward of the state.. On the first day in the 'icebox,' they took
> me out to have my photo taken. I did not expect to see my son but they also
> brought him out so we could take a photo together. But they did not allow
> me
> to talk to him or hug him. That is the last time I saw my son.
>
> While I was in the icebox, I was able to talk to an officer and I told him
> that I was afraid of returning to Honduras for the reasons I have stated.
> He
> told me I was going to be deported without my son. He told me I would be
> able to ask for my son 45 days after arriving in Honduras. Upon hearing
> this, I knelt down crying. The officer only laughed."
>
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