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ComeGetSome User ID: 39153995 United States 06/22/2014 05:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.examiner.com] Quoting: Anonymous Coward 59525222 Less than 50% snippet: When human smugglers bring those crossing illegally into the U.S., more often than not, there is a kind of 'final payment' demanded of female crossers. In short, the women are raped by the coyotes (smugglers) before they can make their way into the interior of this country. After the woman is raped, the smuggler then forces her to hang her panties or bra from the branches of a nearby tree. These sickening road signs along the illegal alien highway are meant to serve as a reminder to all of those who travel these dangerous routes of just exactly who controls the border…the cartels. In recent years, Arizona’s Pinal and Cochise Counties have seen an expanding number of these barbaric symbols dotting the once pristine landscape. On March 1, 2006, Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever told a Senate subcommittee: “Smuggling routes are often marked with 'rape trees'—women’s under garments hung on tree limbs where a raped occurred, warning everyone of the failure to cooperate with the coyotes who prey on them.” On June 7, 2006, Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) read the following report into the Congressional Record: “Ripped from the bodies of unwilling women, undergarments cling to branches of a tree just a few feet from the lawless U.S.-Mexico border, dozens of pairs of underwear thrown there by rapists. These are called rape trees. Each pair is a trophy from a woman that was smuggled into the United States, victims that are heard screaming in the desert. They are raped, even gang raped by illegal human smugglers, then forced into silence. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 59525222 United States 06/22/2014 05:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to blog.chron.com] Weeks after the rape, Maria took a pregnancy test at the detention center–a mandatory procedure for female detainees between ages 10 and 50. An official from the Division of Immigration Health Services took the test away and came back to tell Maria the news: She was pregnant. In 2008, 10,653 women were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). According to agency spokeswoman Cori Bassett, 965 of those women — nearly 10 percent — were pregnant. Many of them, like Maria, were raped on their way to the United States–a journey known to be dangerous for any willing to take it, but especially so for women. |
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