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ഇന്ത്യന്‍ വംശജരായ 56 കുട്ടികള്‍ ഒറിഗണ്‍ ഫെഡറല്‍ പ്രിസണില്‍

പി പി ചെറിയാന്‍ Published on 20 June, 2018
ഇന്ത്യന്‍ വംശജരായ 56 കുട്ടികള്‍ ഒറിഗണ്‍ ഫെഡറല്‍ പ്രിസണില്‍
ഒറിഗണ്‍: പ്രസിഡന്റ് ഡൊണാള്‍ഡ് ട്രംമ്പിന്റെ ബോര്‍ഡര്‍ പോളിസി കര്‍ശനമായി നടപ്പാക്കി തുടങ്ങിയതോടെ രാജ്യത്തിന്റെ വിവിധ ഭാഗങ്ങളില്‍ അനധികൃതമായി കുടിയേറിയ മാതാപിതാക്കളില്‍ നിന്നും കുട്ടികളെ വേര്‍പ്പെടുത്തി ഡിറ്റന്‍ഷന്‍ സെന്ററുകളിലും, ഫെഡറല്‍ ജയിലുകളിലും പാര്‍പ്പിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നതില്‍ പ്രതിഷേധിച്ച് രാജ്യത്താകമാനം വന്‍ തോതില്‍ പ്രകടനങ്ങളും, ഗവണ്മെണ്ടിനെതിരായ വിമര്‍ശനങ്ങളും ഉയരുന്നു.

ഒറിഗണില്‍ മാത്രം 123 കുട്ടികളെ മാറ്റിപാര്‍പ്പിച്ചതില്‍ 56 പേര്‍ ഇന്ത്യന്‍ വംശജരാണ്. ഇവരില്‍ പ്രധാനമായും സിക്ക്, ക്രിസ്ത്യന്‍ വിഭാഗത്തിലുള്ളവരാണെന്ന് ഒറിഗനിയന്‍ പത്രം റിപ്പോര്‍ട്ട് ചെയ്തിട്ടുണ്ട്. മത പീഡനങ്ങളെ തുടര്‍ന്ന് രാഷ്ട്രീയാഭയം നേടിയവരുടെ കുട്ടികളും ഇതില്‍ ഉള്‍പ്പെടുന്നു.

പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിച്ച 2014 ലെ കണക്കുവെച്ച് നോക്കുമ്പോള്‍ രാജ്യത്തെ നിയമ വിരുദ്ധ കുടിയേറ്റക്കാരില്‍ ഇന്ത്യന്‍ വംശജരുടെ എണ്ണം ക്രമാതീതമായി വര്‍ദ്ധിച്ചു. അര മില്യണ്‍ ഇന്ത്യക്കാരാണ് ഇങ്ങനെ ഇവിടെ എത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നത്.

കഴിഞ്ഞ വര്‍ഷം 460 ഇന്ത്യക്കാരേയും ഈ വര്‍ഷം ഇതുവരെ 33 പേരേയും ഇന്ത്യയിലേക്ക് തിരിച്ചയച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്.

Trump aggressively defends border family separation


Washington, June 20 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has aggressively defended his policy of separating children from their parents at the Mexico border, accusing the migrants of "infesting" the country, media reports said.

In a tweet on Tuesday, Trump used language evoking images of pests, not human beings, when describing migrants approaching the US border and blaming the Democrats for the problem, reports CNN.

"Democrats are the problem," he wrote. 

"They don't care about crime and want illegal immigrants, no matter how bad they may be, to pour into and infest our country... They can't win on their terrible policies, so they view them as potential voters!

Later at a small business event here on Tuesday, Trump declared that he had no choice but to remove children from their parents at the border.

"We want a great country. We want a country with heart. But when people come up, they have to know they can't get in," he said. "Otherwise it's never going to stop."

He also declared that the US needed to be secured, whether or not that seems politically palatable.

"You have to stand for something and you have to stand for safety and security of our country. We can't let people pour in," he said. "Maybe it's politically correct or maybe it's not. We've got to stop separation of the families, but politically correct or not, we have a country that needs security, that needs safety, that has to be protected."

Trump has repeatedly defended his immigration crackdown, reports The Washington Post. 

But images of young children housed in metal cages have set off a nationwide outcry that has reached the White House.

At least 2,000 children have been separated from their parents this year as a result of the administration's policy.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has also defended the administration's controversial policy along with Kirstjen Nielsen, the secretary of homeland security, who gave a forceful explanation of the actions, arguing that it had no choice, reports The New York Times.

"Parents who entered illegally are by definition criminals," Nielsen said on Tuesday. 

"By entering our country illegally, often in dangerous circumstances, illegal immigrants have put their children at risk."

House Republicans are planning to vote on two immigration measures this week. 

US tech giants: Stop border separation of families


San Francisco, June 20 (IANS) Joining the growing chorus against the Donald Trump administration's policy of enforcing separation of children from parents at the US-Mexico border, CEOs of prominent tech giants in the US have called for a change.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai urged the government to find a "more humane" solution. 

"The stories and images of families being separated at the border are gut-wrenching. Urging our government to work together to find a better, more humane way that is reflective of our values as a nation," Pichai tweeted on Tuesday.

Pichai is not alone in coming out openly against the border separation of families. 

In a letter to all the employees on Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella termed the new policy implemented on the border as "simply cruel and abusive", adding that Microsoft was "standing for change". 

"Like many of you, I am appalled at the abhorrent policy of separating immigrant children from their families at the southern border of the US. As both a parent and an immigrant, this issue touches me personally," Nadella wrote. 

"I consider myself a product of two amazing and uniquely American things -- American technology reaching me where I was growing up that allowed me to dream the dream and an enlightened immigration policy that then allowed me to live that dream. My story would not have been possible anywhere else," he said. 

Microsoft is not working with the US government on any projects related to separating children from their families at the border, he said. 

Microsoft faced criticism over its contract with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) -- the agency that is behind the forced separation of children from parents at the US-Mexico border.

"Our current cloud engagement with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is supporting legacy mail, calendar, messaging and document management workloads," Nadella stressed.

According to a report in The Irish Times on Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the separations were "inhumane and need to stop".

"It's heartbreaking to see the images and hear the sounds of the kids. Kids are the most vulnerable people in any society. I think that what's happening is inhumane. It needs to stop," Cook was quoted as saying.

In a Facebook post, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said "we need to stop this policy right now", The Verge reported on Tuesday.

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