Thursday, September 30, 2021

PANAMA WARNS 60,000 MORE MIGRANTS HEADED TO U.S. BORDER

 

Panama warns 60,000 more migrants headed to U.S. border

Foreign minister says Biden admin caught off guard after 'we sounded the alarm'

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Warning that as many as 60,000 more migrants are making their way to the U.S. border, Panama's foreign minister says the Biden administration seemed caught off guard by the Haitian migrant crisis after "we sounded the alarm."

Foreign minister Erika Mouynes told Axios in an interview that most of the new migrants are Haitian, and her country expects more migrants to cross through the dangerous jungles of the DariĆ©n Gap this month than the nearly 27,000 who crossed in all of 2019.

"We've engaged with every single authority that we can think of, that we can come across, to say, 'Please, let's pay attention to this,'" Mouynes said.

Mouynes, who had meetings this week with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said more than 85,000 migrants, most of them Haitians, have passed through Panama since January.

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About 20,000 to 25,000 Haitians have already made the trek to the U.S.-Mexico border, she said, with most being allowed to enter the United States. And there's another 30,000 in neighoring Colombia hoping to get to Panama to continue their trek north.

Mouynes said senior officials from the U.S., Canada, Mexico and South American countries met in August to address the issue. The foreign minister told Axios she thought it was "shocking" that such a meeting had not happened sooner.

She met with members of Congress and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas earlier this week, but she wants more meetings between the U.S. and other countries to sort out how to control the flood of migrants.

And she wants Haiti involved in the discussions to get to the root of the problem.

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"We all have a role to play in this issue, and the regional approach is the correct approach," Mouynes told Axios. "It is impossible for Panama to solve it on its own."

She said that when the migrants are received in Panama, they're malnourished.

"The children are in terrible condition, so even getting them up to a healthy state takes time," the foreign minister told Axios.

Mayorkas acknowledged on Sunday that the vast majority of the Haitian migrants have been released into the U.S.

As many as 12,000, he told "Fox News Sunday" had been released until their court date. Some 3,000 were in detention at the time, and 5,000 were still awaiting the processing of their cases.

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CALIFORNIA INSTITUTING A NEW RELIGION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND IT SURE ISN'T CHRISTIANITY

California Instituting a New Religion in Public Schools, and It Sure Isn't Christianity

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Attorneys with the Thomas More Society are asking a California Superior Court to grant an injunction against the California Department of Education and other government defendants—requiring them to immediately stop Aztec prayers in classrooms.

The request was filed on September 24, 2021, in Californians for Equal Rights Foundation, et al. v. State of California, et al. 

Thomas More Society lawyers are representing the Californians for Equal Rights Foundation and individual taxpayers and parents of school children in the dispute over a statewide curriculum that directs student to pray to Aztec and Yoruba deities.

"Our clients are not opposed to having students learn about different cultures and religions, including the practices of the Aztecs," noted Paul Jonna, partner at LiMandri & Jonna LLP and Thomas More Society Special Counsel. 

"But the California State Board of Education's approved Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum goes far beyond that by directing students to pray to Aztec deities. 

This portion of the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum is not only offensive, but blatantly unconstitutional."

The request for a Temporary Restraining Order asks the court to prohibit the State of California, along with its educational entities and officers, "from authorizing, promoting, or permitting the use of Aztec prayers and the 'Ashe' chant in California's public schools," and requires the administration "to direct those under their authority not to use the Aztec prayer or 'Ashe' chant in public schools."

The curriculum in question features the Aztec prayers in a section titled, "Affirmation, Chants, and Energizers." 

Among these is the "In Lak Ech Affirmation," which invokes five Aztec deities, acknowledges their power, asks for their help, and praises them. 

Additionally, the curriculum includes the Ashe Prayer from the Yoruba religion. 

Yoruba is an ancient philosophical concept that is the root of many pagan religions, including santeria and Haitian vodou or voodoo.

Sociocultural anthropologist Alan Sandstrom, Ph.D., a professor and scholar with expertise in the culture, religion, and ritual of the Aztec and other Mesoamerican peoples, has submitted a declaration to the court supporting an order prohibiting the inclusion of these prayers.

"I am very much in favor of the Model Curriculum's stated goals. However, I think its treatment of Mesoamerican culture in the 'In Lak Ech' affirmation is a mistake," writes Sandstrom. 

"A wealth of information about the Aztec culture, including religion and ethics, is available and can be taught in schools. 

However, the 'In Lak Ech' affirmation bypasses this and uses Aztec or Aztlan religious practice to convey a secondary modern message. 

In my view, there is no sound reason to invent an Aztec chant or to co-opt the elements of Aztec culture in this way. 

Doing so undermines genuine understanding and appreciation of these cultures."

"I strongly believe that children can appropriately be taught about religion, and be taught to respect people of different faiths," added Sandstrom. 

"However, I do not see the 'In Lak Ech' affirmation as achieving that goal in an appropriate way. 

The affirmation as presented amounts to a religious activity that I think has no place in a public school."

Jonna observed that the Supreme Court "has been particularly vigilant in monitoring compliance with the Establishment Clause in elementary and secondary schools" because "families entrust public schools with the education of their children" and "students in such institutions are impressionable and their attendance is involuntary."

The inclusion of the Aztec and Yoruba prayers in the curriculum, "Clearly constitutes an unlawful government preference toward a particular religious practice," according to Frank Xu, president of the Californians for Equal Rights Foundation.

The filing against California's education authorities records that the high court has also written that, "Children, as they become aware of the religious differences of our people, should be made to understand the true character of the public school's religious neutrality," and that, 

"The religious liberty protected by the Constitution is abridged when the State affirmatively sponsors the particular religious practice of prayer."

Read the Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order, and for Order to Show Cause Re: Preliminary Injunction filed September 24, 2021, with the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego—Central Division by Thomas More Society attorneys, in Californians for Equal Rights Foundation, et al. v. State of California, et al.

Read the Declaration of Alan R. Sandstrom, Ph.D. in Support of Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order, and for Order to Show Cause Re: Preliminary Injunction filed September 24, 2021, with the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego – Central Division by Thomas More Society attorneys, in Californians for Equal Rights Foundation, et al. v. State of California, et al. 

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EVANGELIST IS SEEING AWESOME RESULTS HERE IN USA

Evangelist Is Seeing Awesome Results Here in USA

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Evangelist Nick Hall, founder of Pulse ministry, witnessed 2,167 people commit their lives to Christ while sharing the gospel on tour with Christian music artists Chris Tomlin, Kari Jobe and Bethel Music.

Hall took part in the tour from Aug. 13-23, where he saw how God's love and mercy is transforming lives in amazing ways.

"Being a part of this tour and having the opportunity to share the gospel with so many people was nothing short of miraculous," he said.

He recalled meeting a young man who had questions about his faith following the recent death of his grandmother.

"Today, I met Jesse backstage right after I got done preaching," Hall shared on Instagram. 

"His grandma passed away recently and he shared that it felt he had lost his connection to God that she carried for the family. 

We discussed faith and he asked some great questions. 

When he told me he believed he had a 70% chance of going to heaven, I asked if he would like to know how to be 100%. 

He said yes, and tonight he gave his life to Jesus."

Hall said, "God answered my daily prayer by sending venue workers, Uber drivers and countless individuals into my path with whom I could pray and share the gospel. 

Real ministry isn't what happens on stage, but what happens off it. 

I believe that God is looking to activate all of us, everyday believers, to share the gospel now.

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