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AMEN AMEN!!!!!! Finally some common sense and dece...

2008-02-25T22:24:00.000-08:00

AMEN AMEN!!!!!! Finally some common sense and decency is being promoted somewhere out there. I totally and completely agree with every word you said, sister! I haven't even watched the video yet but I will and Will pass it on!

Our constitution says "all persons," not "all citi...

2007-09-02T14:29:00.000-07:00

Our constitution says "all persons," not "all citizens," or "all weathly white men." So yeah, they do have rights, all of the rights guaranteed to us by our constitution, and they have them as long as they are on US soil (and that includes territories, bases, embassies, and g-mo).

More testimony about the New Bedford immigration r...

2007-05-31T10:09:00.000-07:00

More testimony about the New Bedford immigration raid. Here, a clinical psychologist testified about the trauma caused to the families of the detainees, especially the children. He confirmed women detainees were forced to produce milk as ICE agents watched.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1KiVyAb8TY
"In my twenty years of professional practice, I have never faced a more challenging or

I am personally outraged at the treatment these pe...

2007-05-25T20:59:00.000-07:00

I am personally outraged at the treatment these people received. Illegal immigrant or not, no one deserves to be treated in such a shameful and inhumane manner. I intend to share this video with as many people as possible.

One other thing...my wife is a legal immigrant, also from Central America. She watched this video from beginning to end, and from the mannerisms, etc. she is 100%

Thanks Vox! I've got a lawyer friend that's big in...

2007-05-09T02:09:00.000-07:00

Thanks Vox! I've got a lawyer friend that's big in the lactivist world and used to work in immigration. She was asking if I could provide contact info so that she could see what she might be able to help out with.

I'll pass this along. (Unless she's already read it here...)

Jennifer - I'm sure that bfp has been organizing t...

2007-05-09T00:52:00.000-07:00

Jennifer - I'm sure that bfp has been organizing to help these women. She's been writing about it since the raid happened, and has posted a ton of information. I've written as well, as have others.

The biggest supporter for the New Bedford women is the MIRA Coalition; they have more information as well as who to contact.

http://www.miracoalition.org/

I've posted on my LJ.http://soldiergrrrl.livejourn...

2007-05-08T09:10:00.000-07:00

I've posted on my LJ.

http://soldiergrrrl.livejournal.com/519181.html?nc=4

"First, it seems unlikely that women at a garment ...

2007-05-08T08:13:00.000-07:00

"First, it seems unlikely that women at a garment factory were exclusively breastfeeding these children"

I have a pediatrician/LC in the family who is a breastfeeding advocate. She mentioned to me a while ago, while discussing bf-ing rates among different groups of people, that Mexican women usually breastfeed exclusively and go on to bf for a long time. Its part of the culture. So,

Liz,I'd like to point out too, that just because p...

2007-05-08T08:02:00.000-07:00

Liz,

I'd like to point out too, that just because people are illegal immigrants, doesn't mean that they are uneducated. It means they need to find work to support their families, and that could be for number of reasons. Most (not all) speak at least some english - that's one more language than most americans speak.

I live in Southwestern Arizona where the immigrati...

2007-05-08T07:46:00.000-07:00

I live in Southwestern Arizona where the immigration debate is EXTREMELY hot. I would love to agree with the poster who thinks that these videos are fabricated, but have seen so much hatred about this subject, that I'm sad to say I'm inclined to believe it's true.

As far as the responsible vs irresponsible child care debate goes, illegal immigrants often share housing with legal

Liz, to clarify, these women were working a night ...

2007-05-08T05:02:00.000-07:00

Liz, to clarify, these women were working a night shift, something common among nursing moms. Many breastfed babies sleep through the night (Elnora slept through the night at 7 weeks and kept doing so until 7 months, by then, she wouldn't have needed to nurse to settle back down.)

Thus, while some babies couldn't be left overnight (Emmitt's still up three times a night to eat) many could

There are two things I find a bit odd about this s...

2007-05-07T23:54:00.000-07:00

There are two things I find a bit odd about this story:
First, it seems unlikely that women at a garment factory were exclusively breastfeeding these children, because I find it unlikely that, even if the state has a "mother's room" law, uneducatd women working under false papers would have spoken up to ask for it.
Second, if one is working illegally and knows that at any time there

"In case you missed it, the factory made backpacks...

2007-05-07T19:53:00.000-07:00

"In case you missed it, the factory made backpacks for the government."

Nice to see OUR tax dollars at work. So Sad.

I'm going to assume moserated was a typo for moder...

2007-05-07T18:28:00.000-07:00

I'm going to assume moserated was a typo for moderated, as I've never heard the word "moserated" before. ;)

Anyway, why wouldn't I let your comment through? Geeze, are that many people out there running blogs and refusing to run any opposing view points?

I digress...

What makes you 100% certain that the videos are fabricated? Were you part of the team that took them in

The pro illegal immigrant crowd fabricated most of...

2007-05-07T16:01:00.000-07:00

The pro illegal immigrant crowd fabricated most of those "heart wrenching" stories. Anyone who had a kid was never carted of to Texas unless they wanted to or had prior convictions. If the parent had to go, then the kid went too. The children you see are just plants for the media. Don't be fooled with your heart. Since your moserated, I doubt this bit of reason will even make it through. Too bad.

If you missed it, the factory made backpacks for t...

2007-05-07T14:37:00.000-07:00

If you missed it, the factory made backpacks for the government. I assume for military use.

Anyone else find it ironic that the government shut down their own cheap source of labor?

Sarahbear - I just sobbed when I saw that video. T...

2007-05-07T14:28:00.000-07:00

Sarahbear -

I just sobbed when I saw that video. The only thing I could think was "she doesn't want a damn bottle, she wants her mama!"

I had to pick up my baby and hug her.

I'm disgusted. Just... disgusted. Some "superior country" we are.

remember this woman when you are buying all the st...

2007-05-07T14:27:00.000-07:00

remember this woman when you are buying all the stuff from discount chain stores.. because it was made by women and children who suffer the same humiliation day in and day out.

The stuff is cheap for a reason.

What happened to the people that ran this factory? The stores that by from the factory? The consumers that buy the goods?

Closing our borders is not going

Sadly, this is what happens when people are put in...

2007-05-07T12:42:00.000-07:00

Sadly, this is what happens when people are put in a position of power with no proper training on how to execute that power humanely. Its a classic example of the well cited "Stanford prison experiment" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment).

Briefly, in 1971 a psychology experiment at Stanford university hired volunteers to simulate conditions of the prisoner/

We treat all immigrants, legal and illegal poorly....

2007-05-07T11:43:00.000-07:00

We treat all immigrants, legal and illegal poorly.

My husband recently became a citizen, after several years of being here legally, first on an H1B and then on a green card. While obviously, he never had to endure such horrible treatment as these poor women, the treatment he did receive as a LEGAL IMMIGRANT (a highly educated one from Western Europe in a technical position) was

Here's another video that shows an 8 month old lit...

2007-05-07T10:59:00.000-07:00

Here's another video that shows an 8 month old little girl at the emergency room with a 104 degree temperature. She's a breastfed child and they show either the nurse or interpreter trying to give the child a bottle.

It's got a few other interviews on it that describe other people's personal accounts of what's going on as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-8ke8gd60g

Vox,Thanks for the clarification. I assume that th...

2007-05-07T10:31:00.000-07:00

Vox,

Thanks for the clarification. I assume that the readers at the WOC blog are also contacting media? I've asked my readers to help us keep tab here of who gets contacted (and to share contact info so that we can all bombard them...easy to ignore one email, hard to ignore thousands.)

I really do think that needs to get some exposure. If it's true and the claims can be

To note, I've posted this at BabyCenter, on Mother...

2007-05-07T10:29:00.000-07:00

To note, I've posted this at BabyCenter, on Mothering, sent it to the lactivism and LACTnet email lists, submitted it to Glenn Beck and passed it along to a producer I know at NPR.

Will be sending it out to more outlets as I have time, but things are tight with all the training I'm doing this week.

If you take the time to post it to a blog, a discussion forum or to send it to a

Thanks for posting about this. However, it was bfp...

2007-05-07T10:26:00.000-07:00

Thanks for posting about this. However, it was bfp who posted the video and deserves the hat tip — Women of Color Blog is her site. :-)

This is abhorrent.Let me give a little background ...

2007-05-07T10:05:00.000-07:00

This is abhorrent.

Let me give a little background on myself...the father of my son is originally from Mexico. While I'm fuzzy on the exact details, it's my understanding that he, his mom, and his brothers were at one point illegals. (Now, he has his citizenship, and they all have permanent residency.)

While I have a real problem with illegals--our laws do need to be