I don't have "the solution" for immigration. But, I do know that treating people like garbage to be boxed up and shipped elsewhere isn't a solution. Nor is putting saw blades and buoys across rivers. But, calling migrants "Savages" and claiming they are raping people sure puts you in the Trump category.
Illinois NAACP President Teresa Haley was recorded on Zoom earlier this month saying,
"But, these immigrants have come over here, they've been raping people, they've been breaking into homes. They're like savages as well. They don't speak the language, and they look at us like we were crazy."
Reached for comment while vacationing in Dubai, Haley defended herself by saying this was faked because "with AI anything was possible." This story was also leaked by Patrick Watson, a political opponent of Haley whom she disciplined for undisclosed reasons and his allegations stunk of payback. So I had the faintest hope it actually was fabricated but, I know if that were true Haley or one of her allies would have immediately released a recording of the Zoom meeting with the "true" audio. She didn't and now others have confirmed and apparently have the recording where she made these inhumane comments.
This is so depressing. Oppressed communities are often targeted with this resource dilemma. Having fought for years for recognition, fair treatment, and to stop discrimination these communities cling to their meager gains and resent when others (especially new arrivals) seemingly get a slice of that pie. Because in America we've been taught for years that resources are a finite sum and therefore any resources some other group is getting is coming at your expense.
This is one of the Plutocratic controls the Rich have used for centuries to keep the poor and working class at each other's throats. By consistently playing each of us off against the other they maintain control and are able to exert their influence on the political leadership. And, more importantly, the 1% are able to ensure wealth and power flow through their hands from generation to generation.
Mayor Brandon Johnson is facing a severe backlash from Chicago African American communities who saw the resources being expended on newly arrived people as a slap in their face. Just before making those terrible remarks, Haley was speaking to the struggles with homelessness, drug addiction, and institutional racism faced by blacks in America.
Of course, the biggest obstacle facing Chicago and the US Government, as with every issue in the United States, is not only does the Democratic Party have to come up with a near perfect solution, they have to account for, plan and overcome the ratfvcking sabotage of the solution by the Republicans. It's hard enough coming up with a plan when everyone is pulling the same way but, Republicans are political bomb-throwers who know that by undermining the Nation and damaging the economy, the country, and peoples' lives they can steal back into power.
Republicans never help in any situation facing the country and always hinder. Nor do their ahistorical claims that their immigrant ancestors "did it the right way"... Nor do the bad faith demands that anyone who is against the draconian mistreatment of the stranger must therefore individually house immigrants. It's in no way any kind of an attempted solution but serves as a Gotcha Checkmate Lib. It's part of a disingenuous demand that you be a Saint else you can not criticize Conservative sins.
Compassion fatigue is a real issue phenomenon but the total lack of compassion, care or basic humanity repeatedly demonstrated by Republicans not only shames them but degrades and coarsens us as well. There is no hate as vicious as “Christian Love”…. And once again we find ourselves in search of a Hero to solve this all in some Tolkien-esque Deus Ex Machina way.
Chicago is struggling to deal with migrants but, not because we have a housing or a migrant or a border crisis we have a crisis of compassion and an Epidemic of Republican lying and demonization of people.
So, that's how we end up here. With the planned migrant Gardaworld temporary housing plan falling completely apart as winter approaches and with members of the Democratic coalition imitating the worst aspects of Republican inhumanity towards people looking for a better life.
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