If you're an American or if you've lived in America long enough, then you absolutely know what stereotypical American cuisine might look like. We do have a bit of a reputation, if you know what I mean.

But to non-Americans, certain food staples of ours can seem absolutely WILD. Here's how certain dishes are similar in other countries — but also how very, very different they can be.

But Schultz, Shalala and Mucarsel-Powell said their denial is “illegal,” referencing Section 234 of bill 115-245 (the 2019 Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act), which was amended this year to say members of Congress can’t be prevented from “entering, for the purpose of conducting oversight, any U.S. facility used for maintaining custody of or otherwise housing unaccompanied alien children.”

HHS did not comment on their rebuttal when asked multiple times by the Miami Herald.

“During our last visit to Homestead, we witnessed children living in cramped, prison-like conditions,” the joint statement said, referring to a tour of the facility earlier this year. “The idea to force even more children into an already full detention facility is not only unsafe, but is cruel and violates basic tenets of human decency.”

Factors of homelessness can certainly wreak havoc on one specific aspect of the personality. That is self-esteem. Living homeless in one of the richest nations in human history is already proven to adversely affect all three components that create our portrait of self-value. They are self-perception, social comparison, and reflected appraisals (i.e. the way we perceive others as perceiving us). As you might imagine, this mental portrait doesn’t hold up well to daily problems homeless people face. Many complain about feeling unsafe, unclean, uncared for, and invisible.

Low self-esteem is a circular problem. Left untreated, it can give way to worse conditions like:

-Suicide
-Substance abuse
-Promiscuity and other risky behaviors
-Self-damaging actions and comments