By Sister Mary Priniski, OP
October 16, 2014
At the Plaza Fiesta in Atlanta, a group gathered to meet the bus and
welcome the message of “We the People, We the Voters.” As I listened to the
stories of families who have been affected by detention of immigrants, my heart
broke.
A young mother who was put in jail and, despite her paying her fine
within the first three days, was told that ICE put a hold on her release. It
was not true!! She spent 20 days in jail only being able to see her one-year-old
child through a glass. What heartbreak for her and her child.
It took the effort of a local community organization, the Georgia
Latin American Alliance for Human Rights, to pressure the county to let her go.
Certainly, the people working together were able to bring hope to that young
woman and to the many others who are caught in unjust systems.
Many at the gathering signed the pledge cards committing themselves
to being part of the “we the people” who will be voting in November.
