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by Gabi C. Romeri 1     Shall we refuse the unhappy fugitives from distress that hospitality which the savages wilderness extended to our fathers arriving in this land? Shall oppressed humanity find no asylum on this globe? The Constitution, indeed, has wisely provided that for admission to certain offices of important trust a residence shall be required sufficient to develop character and design. But might not the general character and capabilities of a citizen be safely communicated to every one manifesting a bona fide purpose of embarking his life and fortunes permanently with us.                                                                                         —Thomas Jefferson: 1st Annual Message, 180...

By Gabriela C. Romeri [1] When men have departed from the right way, it is no wonder that they stumble and fall…   however well adapted it might appear to you, it is, nevertheless, a jumble of good and bad              put unwisely together, and the conclusion drawn therefrom, both unnatural and unjust. -Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776 After 40 years of criminalizing drugs, the U.S. Drug War succeeded in endangering even the children. Youth today are targeted and killed with relative impunity throughout Mexico and Central America. “In only the first three months of 2012, 920 children were killed in Honduras and girls as young as nine were gang-raped” in all three Iron Triangle countries El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, reported the Forced Migration Review. [1] Minors in these nations are killed most often for refusing to join gangs that force them to sell drugs and as retribution ...