I work as a volunteer at my church social ministry / pantry on Long Island. I do intakes. Not so many central Americans as there were a few months ago. Now a flood of South Americans. Venezuela and Bolivia mostly. They have Homeland papers. Some have fled Texas, which is unbearable, to live in basement rooms with other families. They have no warm clothing so we give them what we have along with vouchers for the St Vincent de Paul shop a few towns away. They can get food once every 30 days and we give them a list of other pantries nearby. No one is being deported. I don't know what they left, but life is no picnic for them here. At the end of each of my four hour shifts I am mentally and physically exhausted. The volunteers are in our 70s. 80s and one is 96. My faith keeps me going. I come home to my warm, comfortable home and think about them at night. It's overwhelming.
I know it's easy to have a different viewpoint when you're outside of the situation. I got involved when the task was suggested to me after my Marine husband passed of covid in January 2022. Many of these people are now wearing his clothing.
edit: this was clarified and i didnt mean to challenge the poster, just a story they may have been told.
Thats kind of a suspect story. not from you, no offense. I mean , from them. if anyones telling tales about "basement rooms" in texas afaik theyre lying. i lived in texas a few years and people looked at you like you were from another planet if you used that word. Wonder where they were really staying and what the story is. if it was a basement, it was on government or military property kek
Some have fled Texas which is unbearable to live in basement rooms with other families
It is true that basements in Texas’s residential structures are a rarity. The Texanist specifically highlights “residential” because basements are not uncommon in larger buildings. The Capitol, in Austin, has a basement; the nearby Goodman Building, a stone’s throw from the statehouse’s west entrance, has a basement that houses an historic bar at which the Texanist likes to wet his whistle now and then; and the Alamo, despite what you may have learned from Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, has two basements. In fact, almost all the big Texas buildings the Texanist can think of, both historic and new, have basements. But you are absolutely right that few houses in Texas are similarly equipped.
Because the ground is limestone and Calichi mixed into a strata of other rock and hard materials. Digging a hole to plant a shrub or tree requires a ““rock bar” as they are called here, not a shovel.
I should have used better punctuation or something. They fled Texss. They are now sharing basement rooms here on Long Island NY. I have a finished basement. Lots of people do. They aren't dank dark spaces.
That's beautiful and all, but why are you assisting those that come to invade and take from us. Altruism isnt always good. Theybtuined their countties and nown you want to help them run ours?
I work as a volunteer at my church social ministry / pantry on Long Island. I do intakes. Not so many central Americans as there were a few months ago. Now a flood of South Americans. Venezuela and Bolivia mostly. They have Homeland papers. Some have fled Texas, which is unbearable, to live in basement rooms with other families. They have no warm clothing so we give them what we have along with vouchers for the St Vincent de Paul shop a few towns away. They can get food once every 30 days and we give them a list of other pantries nearby. No one is being deported. I don't know what they left, but life is no picnic for them here. At the end of each of my four hour shifts I am mentally and physically exhausted. The volunteers are in our 70s. 80s and one is 96. My faith keeps me going. I come home to my warm, comfortable home and think about them at night. It's overwhelming.
Thank you for taking the time to comment Christine. I appreciate this first hand info
I know it's easy to have a different viewpoint when you're outside of the situation. I got involved when the task was suggested to me after my Marine husband passed of covid in January 2022. Many of these people are now wearing his clothing.
I am terribly sorry about your husband <3
God Bless you and your fellow volunteers! Take vitamins! 🙏
edit: this was clarified and i didnt mean to challenge the poster, just a story they may have been told.
Thats kind of a suspect story. not from you, no offense. I mean , from them. if anyones telling tales about "basement rooms" in texas afaik theyre lying. i lived in texas a few years and people looked at you like you were from another planet if you used that word. Wonder where they were really staying and what the story is. if it was a basement, it was on government or military property kek
https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/texanist-dont-texas-houses-basements/
https://www.quora.com/Why-are-there-no-basements-in-San-Antonio
I should have used better punctuation or something. They fled Texss. They are now sharing basement rooms here on Long Island NY. I have a finished basement. Lots of people do. They aren't dank dark spaces.
oh okay thanks for clarifying!
i didnt want to question that that was what you were TOLD.
i just wanted to clarify that -- i hope-- thats not what they were telling you! that would be a big red flag
Great observation!! Very astute. Observations like are what makes us anons.
That's beautiful and all, but why are you assisting those that come to invade and take from us. Altruism isnt always good. Theybtuined their countties and nown you want to help them run ours?
Because they are human beings in need. That is all.