\u201cMom, stepchildren freed from Dilley,\u201d<\/a> Front Page, May 15:\u00a0<\/p>\nI was horrified at the continued brutality, illegality and callousness regarding the mom and two stepchildren detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents while waiting for a school bus.<\/p>\n
Before I could complain, however, U.S. Rep.\u00a0Joaquin Castro and U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia came to the rescue.<\/p>\n
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There still are good people in our government.<\/p>\n
The only way I know we can help all the people incarcerated in these various detention centers is to put people in Congress who have a caring heart and truly love their neighbors as themselves.<\/p>\n
We must ignore the gerrymandering of our voting districts and come together \u2014 Democrats, Republicans and independents \u2014 as a united people who are tired of these abusive actions.<\/p>\n
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Suffering in the land\u00a0<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump recently said,\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t think about Americans\u2019 financial situation. I don\u2019t think about anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n
We know that\u2019s a false statement.<\/p>\n
In exchange for dropping his $10 million lawsuit against the IRS, the Department of Justice has proposed taking $1.8 billion of taxpayer money to create an Anti-Weaponization Fund for those whom Trump claims were harmed by the Department of Justice\u00a0under former President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n
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Trump clearly puts his supporters above those who are suffering. One out of 8 children in this country goes to bed hungry. In Texas, it is 1 out of 5.<\/p>\n
Trump discards the affordable housing problems. He is not at all disturbed about the barriers to health care or the cost of insurance.<\/p>\n
Those who support the creation of this fund should ask themselves: Is our purpose on Earth to bend our knee to power or to care for each other?<\/p>\n
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Patricia R. Riggins, New Braunfels<\/p>\n
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