[news] Dead Life: Life at the "Communication Management Unit" of Terre Haute Federal Prison

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

As a Kurd born and raised in Iraq, I really understood what it was to be a second class citizen, and I knew what discrimination meant. All my life I was looking forward to the day when I could say: “Here I am! I exist, I can speak, I can choose”...When my name was approved by the UN for residency in the US, I thought I was going to get my freedom back...But after we came I realized it would take time to learn the language and get a good job and become a citizen. Before any of that happened there was 9-11 which really changed things. There was discrimination, racism, and accusing the foreigner.

  


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