'If They're Coming, They Will Find Us. We Can't Just Stay Here'
April 26, 2013
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What do you do when you're detained by powerful officials, everything you say is presumed deceptive, arbitrary "evidence" is held against you, and you're treated like a moral deviant? And what if its 2013, you're a woman, and the "evidence" is that you possess condoms? It happened three times in two weeks -- being detained by U.S. border officials on my way to or through the States. "I could have you charged with being a working girl! The proof is right here!" All I could do is shake my head. This can't be real.
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