Esther Cepeda in The Chicago Tribune on why Chicagos humanitarian crisis deserves as much attention as the one at the border. Chicago continues to experience record rates of violence, lack of quality education, and poverty, so why isnt the federal government intervening? Bloodshed, gang intimidation, drug wars, robbery, rape, murder of children in the streets and widespread dropping out of school because of belief in certain death at a young age are the circumstances the children running to the U.S.-Mexico border are fleeing — and are the same ones children and families on Chicagos South Side face daily. Cepeda makes the case that federal money and attention are as necessary and pressing in Chicago as they are on the border. Putting aside the question of whether we should or shouldnt take in needy children at the border, we might ask ourselves: If President Obama manages to get almost $4 billion to give Central Americas kids succor, might he endeavor to come up with roughly the same amount to help the Hispanic and black children in crisis in his own backyard?
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 20:58:02 +0000
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