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90 yr old Holocaust survivor confronts ICE Director and Sacremento (Original Post) Maraya1969 Feb 2018 OP
such a good man , he went through the worst suffering and JI7 Feb 2018 #1
What moving, powerful and vigorous remarks! eleny Feb 2018 #2
Yes it was, Just WOW........... Old Vet Feb 2018 #17
Excellent thank you Sir gopiscrap Feb 2018 #3
Beautiful...and so inspiring Docreed2003 Feb 2018 #4
Wow, and pass the Kleenex. What a man. MLAA Feb 2018 #5
K&R... spanone Feb 2018 #6
Very powerful and moving speech. dewsgirl Feb 2018 #7
Moves me to tears. What a wonderful gentleman lunamagica Feb 2018 #8
I LIVE in Sacramento and didn't know about this,(WISH I HAD) but I The_REAL_Ecumenist Feb 2018 #9
Thank you for this. Maraya1969 Feb 2018 #10
A time for love world wide wally Feb 2018 #14
IT'S NOT too late... It's ONLY too late when people who are convinced that The_REAL_Ecumenist Feb 2018 #15
+1000 smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #16
Thank you. OhNo-Really Feb 2018 #26
If I could recommend this 1000 times I would Puzzler Feb 2018 #11
Wow, brought tears to my eyes. This man has lived what ICE is doing to our immigrants today. As iluvtennis Feb 2018 #12
I'd like to know what the reaction was of the BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #13
Unfortunately, they are just doing their job, to make the paycheck to meet the mortgage erronis Feb 2018 #19
History is not on your side UpInArms Feb 2018 #18
Wow made me cry Meowmee Feb 2018 #20
K&R for bravery meow2u3 Feb 2018 #21
Wow....... Upthevibe Feb 2018 #22
Darned right. ICE is the new Gestapo, and it is PatrickforO Feb 2018 #23
Here is what is happening in Northern California because they are a sanctuary city, tey aren't using still_one Feb 2018 #24
Courageous man concerned about DACA/Dreamers OhNo-Really Feb 2018 #25
I opened my house up to people who may need it. I told a friend who has many Maraya1969 Feb 2018 #27
Your heart is in the right place OhNo-Really Feb 2018 #28

JI7

(89,262 posts)
1. such a good man , he went through the worst suffering and
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 01:06 AM
Feb 2018

is now trying to do all he can to save others.

MLAA

(17,318 posts)
5. Wow, and pass the Kleenex. What a man.
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 01:18 AM
Feb 2018

I cannot imagine his pain and loss and here he is standing up for others. Can’t type anymore my eyes are blurry.

The_REAL_Ecumenist

(728 posts)
9. I LIVE in Sacramento and didn't know about this,(WISH I HAD) but I
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 02:11 AM
Feb 2018

shed ANGRY tears listening this this dear man as I was named after a Polish Jewish concert pianist who survived Auschwitz, ( she worked with my mother at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, {NOW, Cedars-Sinai}, & was Diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiforme, right around the time she found out that she was pregnant with me), I GREW UP with survivors of the Holocaust, though not all of them were Jewish. THIS IS REAL TO ME & although I wasn't alive to witness it, I SAW the tattoos, that were on the forearms that had started to fade but most of the numbers could still be seen. They were VERY similar to Jail "Tats" which are often clumsily done & appear to be done in blue or black WRITING ink.

My mother's Dad, Grandpa Ewey saw the worst kind of evil that monsters in human suit can do to other FELLOW human beings; the sights, the horrific odors, gave him nightmares for YEARS, I believe he had PTSD. Sadly, he had seen & SMELLED lynchings in Texas, LIVED in a sundown town & after he witnessed first hand what the Axis did in both the European AND Pacific theatre, he said that America is lying to herself if She believed that it could NEVER HAPPEN here. ALL it would take, he ALWAYS said, would be enough traitors to agree & cover for one another.

So, I don't know all of you & I can ONLY speak for myself & my family when I say, "NOT AGAIN MUTHFUCKAS! NOT HERE..I WILL NOT STAND BY & WATCH THIS HAPPEN BECAUSE I've SEEN THIS MOVIE!"

#RESIST #RISEUP #FightBack

The_REAL_Ecumenist

(728 posts)
15. IT'S NOT too late... It's ONLY too late when people who are convinced that
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 08:57 AM
Feb 2018

they are defeated & sit around in despair, too afraid & too frightened to do anything. IT'S NEVER TOO LATE, if you're BOUND & DETERMINED to stand up & together!!

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
16. +1000
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 10:18 AM
Feb 2018

Excellent post and very powerful speech by the Holocaust survivor. Bless him for taking what was the most horrible experience of his life and using it to defend other. He is a true mensch.

iluvtennis

(19,868 posts)
12. Wow, brought tears to my eyes. This man has lived what ICE is doing to our immigrants today. As
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 03:01 AM
Feb 2018

he said, history repeats itself. We need to wake up and not let that happen.

erronis

(15,326 posts)
19. Unfortunately, they are just doing their job, to make the paycheck to meet the mortgage
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 08:55 PM
Feb 2018

That's the excuse we all use.

I hope I can be strong enough stand up to the hooligans and trumpians.

still_one

(92,366 posts)
24. Here is what is happening in Northern California because they are a sanctuary city, tey aren't using
Mon Feb 5, 2018, 12:15 AM
Feb 2018

ICE, but deploying security to do the dirty work. My neighbor told may Homeland security just came to their office to check for undocumented people. They were given advanced notice, and they lost 10 people who didn't want to wait for Homeland security to determine if they were undocumented folks.

Neighbor said the homeland security examined all the companies records and found no one there illegally but they still lost 10 people, and that definitely is having a negative impact on the company and its work load.

I suspect other companies throughout California are going through the same thing.

This is outrageous, and I hope the ACLU is getting involved in this



OhNo-Really

(3,985 posts)
25. Courageous man concerned about DACA/Dreamers
Mon Feb 5, 2018, 12:52 AM
Feb 2018

Is it time to start hiding people in our homes?

3.6 Million DACA/Dreamers at risk of being rounded up and dropped off in a strange land.

This is unAmerican

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210187341

Bibi Netanyahu started deportation of 40,000 Africans from Israel today, citing Trump's policies as his example. Israelis are organizing homes to hide them in.

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201802051061352034-israel-migration-deportation-africa-authorities/

Maraya1969

(22,493 posts)
27. I opened my house up to people who may need it. I told a friend who has many
Mon Feb 5, 2018, 02:07 PM
Feb 2018

undocumented worker friends.

I decided to make it available after I saw one woman being sent back to Mexico because she used a fake SS card or something. She was in the backseat of the ICE car and her little kids were outside were outside crying. I was so upset I just made the decision that if anyone needs the place I would help them.

She never did send any people my way and now and about 3 weeks ago my Mom moved in so it never was used that way. My ideas are still the same though and I'll do it again in the future if need be.

OhNo-Really

(3,985 posts)
28. Your heart is in the right place
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 01:28 PM
Feb 2018

I wonder of citizens could also start surrounding ICE arresters in protest. Would ICE/law enforcement treat protesters so badly that minds could be changed about this heartless policy

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