The U.S. government spent $3.7 billion on deportations last year. The entire Honduran government budget is $4.4 billion.
Michael Sean Winters, National Catholic Reporter
January 15, 2015
Monday, I attended a briefing at the U.S. Capitol by Larry Cohen, President of the Communications Workers of America, and AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre, both of whom were part of a fact-finding mission to Honduras this past November. It turns out that the Catholic Church and the AFL-CIO are just about the only two organized groups in the U.S. who even discuss the root causes of immigration, and what can be done in both countries to improve the lives of our citizens.
“What I saw continues to shock me,” said Cohen, and he has seen a lot of poverty and cruelty over the years. He spoke with evident passion as he described the conditions of violence and impoverishment that the group witnessed. “For working people, it couldn’t be more distressing,” he said.[...]
Read the full article:
http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/trade-violence-migration-honduras
No comments:
Post a Comment