Saturday, February 12, 2011

Humane Borders water run

We were about 30 miles outside of Tucson, AZ delivering water to huge jugs to be refilled. We also found some "migrant trash" near the water stations... things like shoes and empty gallon jugs.

Pablo Perigrina was our guide (PT Operations Manager) who also told us about getting dehydration and lost in the desert one time. He also brought his guitar and sang a song about a 14 head-old El Salvador girl who died trying to get her and her little brother to California. The little brother survived and made it.

I have video of those two parts of Pablo's story, but need to figure out how to rotate them 90 degrees before posting them. I don't want to be blamed for a rash of neck injuries from people watching with their head turned sideways!

Reflections:
My heart absolutely breaks thinking about what my fellow human beings endure to find security and a better life here on this side of the border. There is something that I find vital to any immigration discussion and that is the maintaining the sense of human dignity. It is such a complicated issue, but I think that there are some foundational principles like human dignity that we might all agree on.
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