Murrietta Breaks my heart...

[whttevrr]

Watching this demonstration in Murrietta is so disheartening...

Thankfully someone else greeted the buses when they got back to San Diego and a different side of Americana was shown by the Border Angels.

http://borderangels.org/ is a little overloaded right now, but if you can give any resources to these people who showed a better side of US it seems like it would go a long way to help.

[whttevrr]

1. Thankfully there are many more, far better, people in this country...

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Murrieta-Border-Angels-San-Diego-Immigrants-Supporters--265574741.html

Hundreds of emails and phone calls from people willing to help the families have come in to San Diego according to Morones.

He has even received a call from a woman living in Hawaii offering to house someone.

Among those who spoke at Wednesday's news conference was Rev. Dr. Beth Johnson with Palomar Unitarian who called for people to find compassion for those seeking help from the U.S.

“Each and every person has inherent worth and dignity,” Johnson said. “Let us be the people that reach out in love and that stand on the side of love.”

[Maat]

24. I'm proud to say that Beth is a friend of mine - a very genuine, compassionate one.

We lived in Murrieta for a dozen years; it IS very socially conservative (we're out in the county in Romoland now).

Here's Beth -
http://www.vistauu.org/index.php/newcomers/welcome-from-rev-dr-beth-johnson


Rev. Dr. Beth A. Johnson:

Contact her at ...
[e-mail]

[Maat]

28. Besides, you silly people, Murrieta has its own proper priorities ...

it spends money on things like this (heehee - sarcasm intended - eyeroll at city officials ):

http://murrieta.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/murrieta-police-acquire-new-armored-swat-truck

[GP6971]

2. Disheartening is not strong enough

neither is shameful. I just am too stunned to adequately describe it.

[msongs]

3. murrietta/temecula is a hotbed of white christian conservatives. there it is nt

[SoCalDem]

10. as is much of Riverside county

I am soooooo looking forward to leaving this area.. We are relocating to Washington state within a few months

[whttevrr]

4. Border Angels site is back up...

I hope they get more help than they know what to do with.

[Hekate]

5. At the onset of WW II the US turned back boats of refugees (undocumented, you know)....And that,

... my friends, is the first thing I thought of when this news broke.

Today I was reminded of Selma Alabama's fine upright citizens screaming at children as they entered public school.

I feel ashamed for my country.

[whttevrr]

7. I try to focus on the people who do care...

[Hekate]

8. Thanks for that information

Very much

[whttevrr]

9. socks...

Imagine not having socks?

This list is so modest... water... ramen...

stuffed animals...

I hope this list is fulfilled 10x over.

[tilsammans]

29. Thank you!

I will definitely donate!

[G_j]

6. K&R!

[kentuck]

11. It is sad that our country has gotten to this point...

Years of division and partisan politics have created an America separate from reality.

[conservaphobe]

12. We are witnessing history.

And the assholes blocking that road are on the wrong side of it.

Turned my stomach watching that footage today.

[whttevrr]

13. Saw it yesterday and could not think of a civil thing to say/write...

I'm so glad that I caught the clip about Border Angels giving these women and children a much better reception...

And it looks like more people were willing to be kind and generous than those hateful people that were yelling at children yesterday.

[Skidmore]

14. Chris Hayes did a section of his program on this. His guest was there observing and said

that these people were largely affiliated with the Minutemen group and that the local law officers appeared to be "in cahoots" with them, by allowing them to move so close and not intervening in any way.

[pinboy3niner]

16. I saw that. He said protesters were organized by FAIR and most were outsiders, not locals.

FAIR--Federation for American Immigration Reform--is notorious for doing crap like this and for developing anti-immigrant legislation like Arizona's "papers, please" law.

[jaysunb]

15. Not new (:

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[BarbaRosa]

17. My thoughts watching this, where is the pepper spray.

Oh yeah. .

[arthritisR_US]

18. Such hate on display, this is not how you want your

country to be seen around the world...

[SHRED]

19. Banking and Corporate power...

... that has bought our government, crashed our economy, and shipped manufacturing overseas loves it when we turn our wrath on the Mexicans and others who are less fortunate. It distracts the heat from them. The true culprits.

[Fred Sanders]

20. The crazies get the attention they crave, Angels ask for nothing but support.

The pictures of the children at the link are heartbreaking, the ones with no hearts are evil.

[FSogol]

21. K&R. Thanks for this info. A good way to help. n/t

[dem in texas]

22. The City of Dallas Cares and is taking 2000 of these children

The move is being planned right now with the children scheduled to arrive by the end of the month. These will be children without accompanying parents or older family members. This is a move on the part of the city and county governments and local charities. Many individual people have also volunteered to help. This is not the first Dallas has stepped up to the plate to help. After Hurricane Katrina, Dallas took in thousands of New Orleans refugees.

[valerief]

23. The handful of people there screaming and spitting could have been

turned away by police. Police ENCOURAGED them to scream and spit.

Firing up loonies is easy. Anyone can do that. It's the police failure that's tragic--and criminal.

[spanone]

25. the cnn headline: 'I just wish America would be America again'. what utter ignorance.

these folks have no fucking clue that america was built by immigrants & immigration.

http://www.cnn.com/

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/02/us/california-immigrant-transfers/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[Live and Learn]

26. It disgusts me. The RW talk radio shows

have been eating it up and encouraging people to do more of it. And, of course, blaming Obama for everything.

[SCVDem]

27. Bring in the scoopers!

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