{"id":2445985,"date":"2019-07-03T21:44:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T03:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/kind-words-for-asylum-seekers\/"},"modified":"2019-07-03T21:44:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T03:44:00","slug":"kind-words-for-asylum-seekers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/kind-words-for-asylum-seekers\/","title":{"rendered":"Kind words for asylum seekers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After a previous trip to the U.S.-Mexico border, Claire Noone talks about the drawings made by children in a South Texas residential detention center while she spoke with their parents.<\/strong>
Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Glenwood Springs attorney Claire Noone has pledged to take two trips to the U.S.-Mexico border to provide legal aid and letters of support to families seeking asylum.<\/p>\n

Working with the nonprofit organization Al Otro Lado, which translates from Spanish as \u201cto the other side,\u201d Noone said she will deliver letters from Roaring Fork Valley residents to families on the other side of the border in Tijuana, Mexico.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey will have those notes on hard days and on hard nights to remember that, just because the system is cold, that does not mean that they don\u2019t matter and that they don\u2019t still have a connection to humanity,\u201d Noone said.<\/p>\n

For the last year, Noone has traveled to the border on numerous occasions to offer pro bono legal assistance to refugees fleeing from Central America\u2019s violent Northern Triangle that includes El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.<\/p>\n

According to Noone, the Trump administration\u2019s \u201cRemain in Mexico\u201d policy, which returns asylum seekers to Mexico while they wait for their day in court, makes legal representation particularly challenging for attorneys and their clients.<\/p>\n

\u201cA big issue is that American attorneys are the experts of the American judicial system and asylum system,\u201d Noone explained. \u201cIt is really difficult for American attorneys to travel just to see one client. \u2026 As a result, these people are essentially barred from any sort of meaningful help.\u201d<\/p>\n

With several Roaring Fork Valley residents wanting to help at the border but not knowing how, Noone thought of the simple letter-writing gesture.<\/p>\n

Residents may drop off their letters, cards or drawings in the provided space at 1031 Cooper Ave. in Glenwood Springs ahead of Noone\u2019s trips on July 10 and again on July 31.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will be meeting with hundreds of families a day and make sure that those notes get to people who really need to hear some encouragement,\u201d Noone said of the letters, which do not need stamps as she will hand deliver them herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anyone feels an inclination to reach out and touch someone\u2019s life that feels so separate and isolated from ours, I just wanted people to know that there is a really direct and simple way to connect with someone who is suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n

While policies at the border continue to dominate national news, Noone said that her intent was to provide an outlet for Roaring Fork Valley residents \u2014 on both sides of the political aisle \u2014 that wanted to assist on the humanitarian front.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that people from all spectrums can say this is something that as Americans we have a standard of care that we offer to people,\u201d Noone said. \u201cWe are made stronger as a country by the inclusion of the oppressed and vulnerable.\u201d<\/p>\n

mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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