Ma ka lā 15 o Iulai, ua kau ʻia ka manaʻo o ka lāhui iā Ed Gonzalez, he kamaʻāina ʻo Heights, i ka wā i kū ai ʻo ia i nā nīnau mai nā Senatoa US ma ka hālāwai hoʻopaʻa ʻana e lilo i Luna Hoʻokele hou o ka US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
ʻO Gonzalez, ka mea i lawelawe ma Harris County Sheriff mai kona koho mua ʻana i kēlā kuleana ma 2016, ua koho ʻia e alakaʻi i ka ICE i ʻApelila e Pelekikena Joe Biden. Ua mālama ka US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs i ka hālāwai hoʻolohe manaʻo hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻelua hola ma Wakinekona i ka pule i hala Ma ka hālāwai, ua nīnau au iā Gonzalez e pili ana i kona manaʻo hoʻokō kānāwai, kona mau manaʻo ma ICE, a me kāna mau ʻōlelo hoʻohewa i hala i ka hui.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gonzalez ma ka hālāwai hoʻolohe manaʻo: "Inā hoʻopaʻa ʻia, e hoʻokipa wau i kēia manawa a ʻike wau he manawa manawa ola e hana pū me nā kāne a me nā wahine o ICE." "Makemake au e ʻike iā mākou e lilo i ʻoihana hoʻokō kānāwai kūpono. .”
Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Gonzalez i kāna alakaʻi, ʻano hana like, a me kāna ʻike i ka hoʻokō kānāwai a me ka lawelawe aupuni, ʻo ia hoʻi kona manawa ma ke ʻano he mākaʻi pepehi kanaka ma ke Keʻena Makai ʻo Houston, kona noho ʻana ma ka ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Houston, a me kāna kuleana ma ke ʻano he makai. Mālama ʻo ia a hoʻohana i ka waihona kālā ʻoi aku ma mua o 570 miliona mau kālā US a ʻo ia ke kuleana no ka mālama ʻana i kekahi o nā hale paʻahao nui loa ma ka ʻāina.
I kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua nīnau ʻia ʻo ia e pili ana i kāna hoʻoholo e hoʻopau i ka hui ʻana o Harris County me ICE ma lalo o ka Plan 287(g), kahi i hana ai ʻo ICE me nā luna mokuʻāina a me nā luna kūloko e hoʻokō i nā kānāwai e pili ana i ka lele. Ua haʻi ʻo Gonzalez i nā pilikia pili kālā a me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai ma kāna mau kumu, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana he ʻano kaiāulu ʻē aʻe ko Houston wahi, a ke manaʻo nei ʻo ia e hoʻomau ke Keʻena Makai Nui i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ala kūpono e hopu ai i nā lawehala koʻikoʻi i ko mākou kaiāulu. ”
I ka nīnau ʻana inā e hoʻopau loa ʻo ia i ka papahana ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi o ICE, ʻōlelo ʻo Gonzalez: "ʻAʻole kēia koʻu manaʻo."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gonzalez e ʻimi ʻo ia e hana i kahi kaulike ma waena o ka mālama ʻana i nā kānāwai immigration o US a me ka empathizing me nā malihini. Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo ia e hilinaʻi ʻo ia i ka ʻikepili e kōkua i ka hana ʻana o ICE e like me ka hiki.
I ka nīnau ʻana pehea ʻo ia e wehewehe ai i ka kūleʻa ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi o ICE, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gonzalez ʻo kāna "Polaris ka palekana lehulehu." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo kāna pahuhopu e hōʻoia i ka palekana o ke kaiāulu me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke komo ʻana o ka ICE i ke kaiāulu, no laila ʻaʻole makaʻu ka poʻe e hālāwai me ka hui.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gonzalez: "He alakaʻi maikaʻi wau i hoʻāʻo ʻia i ke kaua a ʻike pehea e hoʻokō ai i nā hana." "Hiki iā mākou ke hakakā me ka hewa, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokō i ke kānāwai, akā ʻaʻole pono mākou e nalowale i ke kanaka a me ke aloha. .”
Inā hoʻokūpaʻa ʻia ʻo Gonzalez ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi o ICE, e koho ka ʻAha Komisina Kalana ʻo Harris i kahi pani no ia ma ke ʻano he makai kalana.
E mālama maʻemaʻe. E ʻoluʻolu e pale i ka ʻōlelo ʻino, ʻino, ʻino, racist a i ʻole ka ʻōlelo pili i ka moekolohe. E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻopaʻa i nā pāpale. Mai hooweliweli. ʻAʻole e ʻae i nā hoʻoweliweli e hoʻopōʻino i kekahi. E ʻoiaʻiʻo. Mai hoʻopunipuni wale i kekahi a i ʻole kekahi mea. E lokomaikaʻi. ʻAʻohe racism, sexism, a i ʻole ka hoʻokae ʻana e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. ʻeleu. E hoʻohana i ka loulou "hōʻike" ma kēlā me kēia manaʻo e hōʻike iā mākou e pili ana i nā pou hōʻino. Kaʻana like me mākou. Makemake mākou e lohe i nā moʻolelo o nā mea hōʻike a me ka moʻolelo ma hope o ka ʻatikala.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Sep-07-2021