Puro Pinche Pari

This is how the United States government policies and local law enforcement kidnaps a child.

This is how children disappear.

I’ve spent a couple of days writing this essay on the US Government’s role in kidnapping children and creating “orphans,” with respect to how that effects today’s situation as migrant refugee children are taken away from their parents  are being forced into detention centers. I posted this to Medium because I think it’s longer and wanted to keep the photographs within the essay captioned. 

As a mexican-american, I have felt sick and anxious about what has been happening to families seeking safety within our borders. I can only hope people pay attention, become horrified, and protest. We must not only witness, but resist. 

Edit: Please note the article does mention historical slavery, abuse, rape, colonialism, kidnapping and genocide.