Thread: RICK PERRY: WE'VE WARNED FEDS ABOUT WAREHOUSED CHILDREN SINCE 2012

RICK PERRY: WE'VE WARNED FEDS ABOUT WAREHOUSED CHILDREN SINCE 2012


by JOEL B. POLLAK
8 Jun 2014

BEVERLY HILLS, California -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry says that the state government has been trying to warn federal authorities about the problem of "warehoused" children caught crossing the border illegally since 2012.

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News on a visit to California, Gov. Perry reacted to the photographs published by Breitbart Texas Managing Director Brandon Darby last week showing foreign children being held in crowded conditions in federal facilities near the U.S.-Mexico border.

While the news made headlines across the country, the Texas governor said that the problem is one of many that the federal government has failed to address in the border states.

"These children literally ride on the top of rail cars from Central America," Gov. Perry told Breitbart News. "They transfer across Mexico and then cross the border.

"There are multiple issues with the security of the border, and we have spent hundreds of millions of Texas taxpayers' dollars to try to address the problems over the past six years. We need federal authorities to do their constitutional duty to secure the border."

As debates over immigration reform have raged in Congress, and the Obama administration has granted new leniency to illegal immigrants brought into the U.S. as children, the number of children entering the country illegally has grown, according to reports.

The New York Times reported June 2 that nearly 50,000 children had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally since Oct. 1, "a 92 percent increase over the same period in 2013."

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-T...art-California

El Salvador,Honduras and Guatemala are just sending their normal workers to get more of the the World Bank money to line the pockets of their politicians. . The cultural difference between the US and El Salvador is that there are no child labor protections in these countries to speak of.

From Humanium.org.

Child Labor
Around 440,000 children are forced to start working from a young age in El Salvador. About 1.8 million minors between the ages of 5 and 17 must work. In downtown La Libertad, 30 percent of the population lives in extreme poverty.
Families have no choice but to send their children to markets and dumps to earn money for the house. They work long hours, often in dangerous conditions that expose them to abuse and disease.
Children are also employed for domestic or agricultural work. Sugar cane plantations and other places of employment can be hazardous.
Two thirds of working children live in rural areas, where more than 55 percent of households live in poverty. The money brought home by children is often essential for these families’ survival.
Despite all of this, the constitution has provisions to regulate child labor, although they are often not respected. It is actually illegal for children age 14 and younger to work. After they turn 16, children are allowed to work, but only for a certain number of hours per day. Children under the age of 18 can only be employed in jobs, which are neither dangerous nor unsanitary.
El Salvador has also ratified Convention No. 182 of the International Labour Organization (ILO), which forbids the worst forms of child labor and calls for their immediate elimination.
Child Marriage
Arranged marriages affect millions of children throughout the world, especially young girls.
The Family Code allows the marriage of children over the age of 14 in any of these three situations: the children are pubescent, the couple has a child, or the girl is pregnant.
According to UNICEF, 5 percent of children aged 15 and younger have already married, and 25 percent of children will be married by age 18.
Complete article at:
http://www.humanium.org/en/el-salvador/

Honduras is just the same. Now our Department of Labor is funding projects there with money borrowed/manufactured based on the good faith of the American people.

U.S. will finance a project to combat child labor in Honduras

Apr 24, 2014

By W. Alejandro Sanchez

Children and youths are carried in the back of a truck to work in agrarian areas near Tegucigalpa Friday, Dec.15, 2006. (AP Photo/Edgard Garrido)

The U.S. government has begun a competitive solicitation for a project on reducing child labor and improving labor rights and working conditions in Honduras , “particularly in the agricultural areas of southern Honduras and in the San Pedro Sula area.”
This is an extremely relevant project of $7 millions by the U.S. Department of Labor as child labor, and labor conditions in general, are particularly dire in Honduras.
Projects across Latin America

According to the Department of Labor (DoL), the project’s goal is to reduce child labor in part by “promoting education opportunities for children and improved livelihoods for their households.”
In addition, the project also aims to address exploitative working conditions and support freedom collective bargaining in the country. It is unclear whether applicants must plan to address both issues, or if they can solely focus on one.
The deadline to submit an application is this upcoming July 2nd, which should give interested parties, whether Honduran or international organizations, enough time to come up with viable projects that can improve labor conditions in this Central American country.
It should be noted that the DoL has a wide variety of aid projects to improve labor conditions in the Western Hemisphere. In other words, the DoL is not solely focused in the severely underdeveloped Honduras, but also in more prosperous regional states.
For example, the DoL is funding a project in Brazil and Peru which is being carried out by the International Labor Organization. The goal of this project, which runs from 2012 to 2016, is to strengthen efforts to combat forced labor in both countries.
As the DoL explains, in Brazil there are an estimated 25,000 to 40,000 individuals who are victims of forced labor; and quite a lot of them are children. Meanwhile, in neighboring Peru, indigenous communities, especially those that live in the country’s Amazon region, are similarly vulnerable to forced labor.
In other words, whether it is the Latin American powerhouse Brazil, which will host the 2014 FIFA World Cup this June, or Peru, a rising star and member of the Pacific Alliance, neither government has been successful in fully protecting its citizens, including children, from the perils of forced labor.
Child labor in Honduras

Throughout Latin America and the rest of the world, child labor continues to be an endemic problem of underdeveloped societies where government officials are unable, or sometimes unwilling, to combat this trend.
If Honduran governmental agencies are to be believed, the number of Honduran children that are forced to work is actually in decline. The Honduran media reported this past June 2013 that, according to data by the country’s National Institute of Statistics, child labor decreased from 377 thousand to 351 thousand. (It is unclear whether the 377 thousand estimates comes from 2012.)
Some children go to work in order to support their families and/or themselves, carrying out tasks such as domestic work or working menial jobs which include cleaning mausoleums. Some children are able to continue attending school during the day while working at night, though most are forced to leave their education permanently.
These children are not only crippling their own future, but Honduras in general as a new generation comes of age without proper education.

Jimy Valeriano, 12, cuts corn at the market on Friday, June 24, 2005 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Valeriano, the eldest of four brothers, is in sixth grade and works with his parents at the market on Friday and Saturday every week. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

The positive side of the coin is that the suffering of Honduran children is not entirely ignored. In fact, there are several agencies that carry out effective work to aid and protect Honduran children.
For example, Casa Alianza is an organization that has offices in various Latin American countries and which works to protect children’s rights. The Honduras chapter of Casa Alianza provides shelter for homeless children and also helps those that are addicted to drugs.
Moreover, this entity has carried out important investigative reports, such as an insightful 2012 analysis of the status of Honduran children in the BajoAguan region.
As a corollary to this discussion, it should be noted that the Honduran government is planning to jumpstart its economy by creating Zones for Employment and Economic Development (ZEDE). Also known as “model cities,” these ZEDEs will be small cities with high degrees of autonomy, including their own judicial and economic systems. The first proposed ZEDE will be Choluteca, in Southern Honduras.
It is debatable to what extent these ZEDE-autonomous cities will help the Honduran economy in the short and medium term. Nevertheless the Honduran government is very confident about their success.
Ideally, Honduran children will not be invisible workers in ZEDEs, like they currently are across the country. Moreover, we can only hope that the lucky recipient of the DoL’s seven million grant will be successful, as thousands of Honduran children deserve a better life.

http://voxxi.com/2014/04/24/us-comba...r-in-honduras/

Guatemala finished up the big three. All three countries have signed on to the BRIDGE agreements with Hillary Clinton and the World Bank.

From Humanium.org

Child laborMore than 20% of Guatemalan children are forced to work to contribute to their family’s income. This situation is one of the worst in Latin America. Employers take advantage of the youth and ignorance of these children, having them do the most dangerous work. They work in many different sectors: polishing shoes, night work in factories, washing cars, street vendors, construction workers, maids or even garbage collectors.
They are exploited ruthlessly in strenuous and sometimes dangerous situations. The repercussions are serious: they suffer from many health problems and cannot receive normaleducation.
Exploitation of children
Guatemala is home to much illicit and dangerous trafficking. Children are the first victims of criminals who use them without hesitation. As in many countries, poverty proliferates activities such as; drug trafficking, prostitution, pornography, child trafficking, organ trafficking and illegal adoption. Children are confronted by violence and insecurity in the streets; they are targets and the means of action necessary for traffickers. The prevailing crime and impunity ensures that little is done to prevent this.
Young girls are the main victims of these criminals. They are seriously abused, and exhibit much evidence of torture and sexual abuse.
Violence towards children
Violence is very destructive in Guatemala and it affects many children.
In the streets, it creates a climate of insecurity and danger. The rate of child murders is alarming and very often the criminals remain unpunished (98% of cases). Children’s right to protection, guaranteed by theInternational Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is not properly ensured. Thus, Guatemalan children constantly risk their lives and are sometimes confronted by extreme and cruel violence.
In addition, violence can also be seen within families as well as at school. Corporal punishment is accepted for the most part and practiced by a population that does not use any other method. Thus many children areabused and end up on their own, with no secure place to go. Neither their family, nor their school saves them from it.
Child marriage
35% of young Guatemalan girls are married before the age of 18. They are prepared very early for their future status as wives and they are still unable to understand the implications. Such marriages have dire consequences on the physical health and psyche of the young girls.

The rest of the article is at:
http://www.humanium.org/en/guatemala/

It is so discouraging, the borders are a problem for America as a whole, not just border states. That said, America as a whole will not push Administrations or Congress for border security and control until they are directly affected. Either we are a nation of one for all and all for one, or New York and others can repair their own water and sewer systems and stop looking for federal bail-outs for locally caused problems. Then lift immigration and border restrictions so that border states have money for security. Federal governlment, sas we all know, has not did its job on the borders for more than a half scentury! Yes, I am saying that American voters brought this upon themselves. I began telling people that this is what it would come to be in the 1970's and was ridiculed. It is called using common sense to judge the consequences of one's actions, something Congress and Presidents seldom do!!!