TV news talking heads say that the warning that people in the path of Hurricane Ike evacuate or face certain death from the storm surge and flooding in Galveston is a first. People who live in homes in the lower part of Houston also are being told to evacuate or face possible death.
But the worries of advocates of undocumented human beings and their families are nothing new during this Hurricane season. AP has already reported fears that undocumented families will not evacuate for fear of being deported once they're rescued.
This savage situation represents the bitter harvest of the punitive Bush administration policy over immigration. And it is supported by both Republicans and Democrats.
Federal evacuation officials said earlier this year that evacuees of all storms would be subject to inspection of their legal status in this country. Since then, the same officials have been trying to take back those comments. Meanwhile, their agencies continue run roughshod over immigrant families in Nashville and other communities.
Hurricane Ike now has set its sights on a population center of 11 million people from Galveston to Houston. And the area is heavily populated by Hispanics. So now we have the makings of human rights tragedy.
Pray for all the people of this area. Back in 1900, a hurricane wiped out 6,000 lives there. And please pray that federal officials will relent to ensure undocumented human beings that they will not be investigated for legal status in order to save lives, including those of children.
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