To: President Donald Trump
Give child refugees full protection and due process
Mr. President: Child refugees are vulnerable, subject to abuse or worse without proper and full due process. Give them the same respect we claim to give to other refugees fleeing dangerous circumstances. Read below for two apparently conflicting US policies on refugees assistance.
OBAMA STATEMENT RE: CENTRAL AMERICAN CHILD REFUGEES July 2014 "There may be some narrow circumstances in which there is humanitarian or refugee status that a family might be eligible for...If that were the case, it would be better for them to be able to apply in-country rather than face a very dangerous journey all the way up to Texas to make those same claims."
WHITEHOUSE STATEMENT RE: SYRIAN REFUGEES Feb 2014 “By standing up for all who are fleeing violence, the United States will be championing key human rights principles such as non-discrimination and protection of vulnerable minorities as well as upholding the United States’ proud tradition of protecting refugees”
OBAMA STATEMENT RE: CENTRAL AMERICAN CHILD REFUGEES July 2014 "There may be some narrow circumstances in which there is humanitarian or refugee status that a family might be eligible for...If that were the case, it would be better for them to be able to apply in-country rather than face a very dangerous journey all the way up to Texas to make those same claims."
WHITEHOUSE STATEMENT RE: SYRIAN REFUGEES Feb 2014 “By standing up for all who are fleeing violence, the United States will be championing key human rights principles such as non-discrimination and protection of vulnerable minorities as well as upholding the United States’ proud tradition of protecting refugees”
Why is this important?
It offends me to see our country espousing values that we purport to have, but then casting them aside for CHILDREN. As a nation of immigrants, we are btter than this.