You *literally* asked for this.
You know what is cruel, lady? Making these people think that everything will be easy for them once they cross the border. Giving these people hope that everything will be handed to them on a silver platter. I cannot imagine their lives in their home countries, and they want jobs immediately to send back the money.It is also cruel to tell the illegal immigrants your city is a sanctuary city, and all are welcome and now turning their back on them.
“Washingtonians, as people, are here, present, but their government is not here,” says Isaias Guerrero, a volunteer with the Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network, a grassroots network led by Black and brown femmes and immigrants that represents over 20 local social justice groups. “We don’t see anybody from Mayor Bowser’s office here. We don’t see anybody from the Office of Latino Affairs
here to say ‘Welcome, how can we support you’ even if it’s with like waters,” he continues. “People just want to wash their hands because this is seen as a hot potato. But what it should be seen as is an opportunity for us to actually create a model of being welcoming.”Post editorial board said DC could apply for the same FEMA grant that the nonprofit co-leading the migrant response applied for and create its own set up.
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