Biden administration wants psychological tests for parents of separated kids is one of many recent headlines highlighting the plight of migrants coming in from our southern borders in hope of a safer life in the US. Instead what they face in the land that promises to “welcome the tired, the poor, the homeless, the wretched refuse and the tempest tossed huddled masses yearning to breathe free” are a slew of lies of a better life as families are literally ripped apart and held in detention facilities with poor medical and mental health outcomes. As I hold my daughter close on her birthday and look forward to a month of Indian festivities, my heart goes out to our Hispanic immigrants at this mid-point during Hispanic heritage month.
Part of the proceeds from the sales of this poster does to the International Rescue Committee.
(Originally posted on March 10, 2020)
Separating families is a violation of international law and one of the worst kinds of abuse and it’s happening right now in our southern border. So, why is a family willing to flee their homeland and risk it all? Nobody wants to leave their country of birth and extended family and friends behind and risk it all unless they fear for the safety of their family in their own homeland, and hope for a better life in the land they were told would welcome the tired, the poor, the homeless, the wretched refuse and the tempest tossed huddled masses yearning to breathe free. And here we are, not living up to that promise. I wanted to capture a family at its most tender and vulnerable moment – the agony in the hearts of the parents who may never see who they love the most and the bewilderment of a child as to why she can’t be with those who love her the most.
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