At this moment, I am hanging out in a border state in the United States. Guess what the hot topic is here?
Right, immigration and the separation of children.
I in no wise want to tackle a political debate here but want to discuss an interesting aspect of this topic brought up by the BBC.
At the end of a very lengthy immigration article posted by the BBC the writer asks: Was your family split up after entering the US? Are any of your family members currently being detained and kept apart? Email
The question got me thinking.
The answer for my immediate family would be no, but the extended family, yes. However, it happened in another country.
With modern technology, we can now dig back into our genealogy and learn amazing pieces of information about our own family. So, if you're interested, you can find out if your ancestors ever experienced a similar experience.
Separation of families is not new. Stalin separated children from Lenin sympathizers. Hitler separated families. German children were taken to training camps to educate and train them for government service. There are many more in history that include national children taken from their homes for a purpose and immigrant children taken from their family unit for a purpose. Well, this depressing list could go on for pages.
My thinking slid into this question, what was the result for the families in the past?
For my extended family...not so good. BUT the love that was in the family...never left.
Years later, after the situation ended, the family came from all parts of the world for a family holiday. We shared a meal at a table, squeezed into a tiny apartment. New languages had been learned by the children. The old one had not been taught to them. Still, the family found ways to communicate. One spoke to another who spoke the language of a third who translated to a fourth. We spent a week together laughing, sharing, renewing and reunited.
There is a one-day hope in this situation.
It may not be now.
But one day...
Never Give Up Stories
lived and shared by Mary Vee
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| Arizona/Mexican border, PC-Katy McNiff |
I in no wise want to tackle a political debate here but want to discuss an interesting aspect of this topic brought up by the BBC.
At the end of a very lengthy immigration article posted by the BBC the writer asks: Was your family split up after entering the US? Are any of your family members currently being detained and kept apart? Email
The question got me thinking.
The answer for my immediate family would be no, but the extended family, yes. However, it happened in another country.
With modern technology, we can now dig back into our genealogy and learn amazing pieces of information about our own family. So, if you're interested, you can find out if your ancestors ever experienced a similar experience.
Separation of families is not new. Stalin separated children from Lenin sympathizers. Hitler separated families. German children were taken to training camps to educate and train them for government service. There are many more in history that include national children taken from their homes for a purpose and immigrant children taken from their family unit for a purpose. Well, this depressing list could go on for pages.
My thinking slid into this question, what was the result for the families in the past?
For my extended family...not so good. BUT the love that was in the family...never left.
Years later, after the situation ended, the family came from all parts of the world for a family holiday. We shared a meal at a table, squeezed into a tiny apartment. New languages had been learned by the children. The old one had not been taught to them. Still, the family found ways to communicate. One spoke to another who spoke the language of a third who translated to a fourth. We spent a week together laughing, sharing, renewing and reunited.
There is a one-day hope in this situation.
It may not be now.
But one day...
Never Give Up Stories
lived and shared by Mary Vee
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