The problem, however, is the effect the revitalization has on the homeless community. The project is already underway; new “trendy” stores have been built alongside the luxury high rises located near the waterfront. While this improvement should be happily received by residents, one must question what will happen to the current residents and, more importantly, the homeless population that rely on establishments that have been around for decades. This change
Sheriff Arpai 's toughness extended out toward the minority groups especially Latino men. TV cameras watched as 200 Latino men were shackled together and marched to what became of "Tent City," which was an outdoor unit especially for "illegal alien" inmates. It was considered a "concentration camp" to which Sheriff Arpaio called his own "tough on crime creation. " Inmates slept under these tents four months at a time through any weather including Arizona 's heat of 130F to colds of 41F. The inmates were discriminated against due to the fact they could not speak the language, they were different in color, and they were "illegals" An inmate at the facility Jaime Valdez spent 4 months of 2012 in the separated outdoor units.
Currently, the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona is concerned that illegal immigrants are detained and then deported without their belongings. Border Patrol agents confiscate detainee 's money, cell phones, ID cards and other belongings and in one third to one half of the cases, the detainees are deported and then dropped of in an unfamiliar Mexican town without their belongings. According to the ACLU of Arizona, this practice is contrary to international human rights. Deportees who are transported to a Mexican town where they do not know anyone and are alone, with nothing but the clothes on their backs are vulnerable. The Kino Border Initiative operates in Nogolas, the town where most of the Border Patrol buses leave deportees.
Elaine Jenkins, a San Pedro resident, spoke about the issue at a City Council hearing where she expressed her concern about the homeless population residing in her neighborhood. According to Jenkins (2015): "I have found out that my homeless neighbors can move in and set up their shelters on the sidewalk outside of my house". They can drag up old mattresses, sofas and spread trash everywhere. They can use the streets as their public restroom."
Understanding various sides to California’s Sanctuary State Law (Wendi) California Sanctuary State Law The California Sanctuary State Law has complicated the concept of sanctuary cities in California. This law limits cooperation between local officials and federal immigration enforcement, especially in deporting undocumented immigrants who face no criminal charges.
With a large homeless population in the country, actions like these often happen and go unnoticed by the government. With a large homeless population in the country and abusive behaviors happening all the time, the government should step up and provide funding to help the homeless by providing housing, help prevent abuse, and help prevent any homelessness in the future.
Let me start off by explaining what a sanctuary city is. A sanctuary city is a jurisdiction who has limited their cooperation with their national government’s effort to enforce immigration laws. In the United States, many cities nationwide have transformed into sanctuary cities. Many of these cities have become sanctuary cities to gain the trust of their people and to protect them. According to many reports nationwide, there have been several crimes that have taken place involving undocumented immigrants that were
Summary: Advocates petition on police officers to stop giving tickets and arresting the Homeless of Downtown San Diego. On Tuesday January 3, 2017 advocates garden 1100 signatures to stop the unfair treatment to people who leave on the streets of San Diego. until housing solution gets resolve. They also demanded solutions to stop the increase of homelessness. For the past two years people who live on the streets has increased instead of declining.
As the Super Bowl festivities continue to grow, slowly but surely many of San Francisco’s homeless people are being kicked out of their spots and are being gathered into shelters. In the article published by Alison Vekshin, “San Francisco nudges homeless away from Super Bowl fan village,” she expresses how the media does not want San Francisco to be viewed with poverty so they are kicking out the poor people to make room for activities and media signs that are associated with the Super Bowl. People are focusing too much on what makes them look good, but in reality when people hear about these unbelievable stories they think of them in a wrong way and it makes them look unpropitious. It is very obvious that people only want to see a
Why does a popular and expensive tourist spot in the middle of the Pacific Ocean have so many homeless people? People dream of vacationing and living the good life in Hawaii. However, there are many people in Hawaii who live in homelessness. The Hawaiian government is trying to help the homeless with numerous efforts. The government has announced that they are using the program, Housing First, which is a nation-wide program known to be the most efficient way to getting people who are suffering from chronic illness off the streets (“Housing First”).
Atlanta sex trafficking is also changed because of the location socioeconomic standards. Child sex trafficking in Atlanta is one of the highest in the United States. “Atlanta was named by the FBI as one of 14 US cities with the highest rate of children used in prostitution (Covent House,2017).” This is high because of the change in environment that the airport did to the city. Another article states, “"In Georgia, we know there 's a range from 200-300 girls that are trafficked each month in our city.
The supervisors approved to purchase a warehouse in Anaheim, which will be used as a year-round shelter for the homeless. “ It’s the latest effort in a series of failed attempts, to open a year-around shelter” (source: The Orange County Register). The neighbors in Anaheim are not in a favor of opening a shelter home in Anaheim as the neighbors rally to reject the offer. The chairman also shows his anger by saying “forget it” as the city people are against them around bringing a shelter in the city (source: The Orange County Register). The state should also with the county leaders share an action around these homeless people who are on the increasing scale.
The Objectification of women through the use of nudity and rape scenes is the HBO series Game of thrones is thoroughly discussed by Askey, Needham, and Ferreday. Askey suggests that due to emphasis but on masculinity in the show that the male characters objectify women to assert their own masculinity. Askey uses the conversations between Varys and LittleFinger to exhibit his view of women as ““a collection of profitable holes”” (“Valar Morghulis”).” (55). Needham also goes into how LittleFinger uses his dominance to exploit the women that work for him.
As reported by the National Coalition for Homelessness,
Standing Female Nude, written by Carol Ann Duffy, is a poem which describes the condition of a prostitute who is struggling to make a living. Duffy, as with a majority of her other works, attempts to give a voice to voiceless women in the middle and lower economic classes in an effort to promote her feminist agenda. This poem is in fact very layered and explores multiple aspects which may not be spotted on a superficial level, and enables her to transmit her ideas to the readers. Duffy puts across her main ideas of society’s treatment of the prostitute versus the treatment of males, and the prostitutes introspective views. Duffy creates a society, not too distorted from our own in fact, which objectifies the woman and values her purely for her physical assets.
