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By: DR. RICHARD A. FRENCH
This is actually happening in these United States by a prejudice, hurtful president.
A woman is lured to a public building by ICE! As she waits with her military veteran husband, ICE agents give her a time to come back to get her papers in order, she decides to breastfeed their infant child first. Just then, armed agents storm the couple, tear the baby from the mother, and place her under arrest. She is then put in a queue for deportation. This is America?
President Trump and his administration are carrying out the cruelest and most savage sweeping mass deportation program in modern U.S. history. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, acting at Trump's direction have detained and deported veterans, their children, their spouses - even those who served alongside us on the battlefield. This is being done under the guise of "making America safe again," when statistically America has never been safer.
"Take Sae Joon Park, a Purple Heart recipient and Army combat veteran who came to the U.S. as a child. He served honorably in 'Operation Just Cause' and was wounded twice; one was a gunshot wound to his back, temporarily paralyzing him. Like too many veterans, Park returned home with PTSD. Struggling with addiction, he was convicted of a drug offense over 15 years ago. Park served his time. He stayed in compliance with immigration authorities. He built a life, raised a son, and tried to move forward. But, just days before Independence Day, Trump's ICE told him to leave or be jailed. He self-deported to South Korea - exiled from the nation he bled and nearly died for."
Our diversity is what makes us strong as we were admired around the world. The Fourth of July is the best time for all of us — and every institution in America — to stand up to Trump’s Tyranny supported by his self-serving congressional Republicans.
Dr. Richard A. French, President and business owner, a humanistic scholar, a former Executive Director of the American Cancer Society, High School Principal and teacher, Glendale CA, 626-806-4596, prefer: [email protected] to communicate.
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