She has been locked up for 12 of the 18 years since the election. In Fort Wayne. I hear many stories as I talk to individuals who have talked to their relatives who have lived in concentration camps. in effect. more refugee camps. but at times they felt both abused by the Thai Government that wants to move them back to Burma. by the Burmese Government that is trying to chase them out. They have been abused in the camps. They have been raped in the camps. and they have had their money stolen in the camps. We have a huge challenge in America. and it is speaking to broader questions than just Burma. which is how to handle situations. because our area has also become in the top three of refugees from Darfur. One of the challenges we are having is Catholic Social Services has come to me and said we dont have the support system to handle. and the State Department has come back and said what do you want to do. leave the people in the refugee camps? They arent doing well in the refugee camps. We have to understand that we no longer live in an isolated world. What happens in Burma and the demonstrations you are seeing in Burma and the persecution of the people in Burma. the terrible tragedies in Darfur. what happens in Iraq and Afghanistan impacts all of us. It impacts us in our hometowns. If we are going to be the Nation that welcomes immigrants. there is only so much we can handle. and we need to put international pressure on some of these countries to handle their own regional problems. This resolution helps us move in that direction. They have to have changes in Burma.
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