Migrants Are Up Against Nicaragua’s “Containment Wall"

Nicaragua is having issues with their "containment wall," which has been successful towards fighting transnational crime. However this containment is not helping the migrants. These migrants are getting blocked from reaching their destination to the United States. Nicaragua's southern border has been blocking the passage for mostly South Americans, Africans Haitians and others. Although it is not helping the migrants, Nicaragua has the highest safety rates in Nicaragua. Also it benefits other countries neighboring Nicaragua. The containment wall policy is a violation of human rights, there have been many deaths of Cubans and Africans in Lake Nicaragua. Also family members of those who have died find it difficult to claim the bodies of their loved ones. https://reliefweb.int/report/nicaragua/migrants-are-against-nicaragua-s-containment-wall

UC Berkeley Student Bails Out ICE Detainees

The UC Berkeley student who was detained a few weeks ago made a promise to a few detainees in a similar situation. A Go Fund Me page was created for Luis Mora and raised about $15,000. Mora's Legal fees were about $1,500. With the left over money he had he helped pay other detainee's legal fees. 3 other detainees were freed thanks to the assistance of Mora. The other detainees did not want to give their names due to privacy concerns. There was Juan who is from Mexico, a grandmother named Virginie from Haiti and Franklin from Honduras. Mora felt that they deserve to be in this country more than him. Mora gave opportunities to others who are in a similar situation. If Luis Mora was not a UC Berkeley student would he have had the help that he got? 











http://kron4.com/2018/02/10/uc-berkeley-student-bails-out-ice-detainees/

Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital

The Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital is the first public health hospital in the United States. This hospital treated more than 1 million immigrants. This hospital is on two man made islands. The hospital consisted of four operating rooms, women's ward, pediatric ward, maternity ward and psychiatric ward. This hospital had the state of the are laundry room. The second island was a contagious disease hospital which was founded by Red Cross founder Florence Nightingale. Florence Nightingale was the founder of modern nursing. This hospital was made for immigrants coming to America. Although it was beneficial for immigrants, it did break up families. Depending on the disease some people got deported due to the disease. Some children were abandoned or deported because if they were found to have a fuvus which is a fungal disease of the scalp. Also they had the option to stay in the hospital for a year but some immigrant families could not afford that which led to abandonment or deportation. Now most counties have a general hospital that treats not only immigrants but also U.S citizens. For example, Zuckerberg San Francisco General hospital treats people of various backgrounds in the Bay Area. It San Francisco General is one of the best trauma centers in the Bay Area.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ellis-island-immigrant-hospital