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Los Angeles school district administrators move to replace the entire staff of the Miramonte Elementary School after two veteran teachers were arrested for victimizing students. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports.
By Sevil Omer, msnbc.com
Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies on Wednesday rushed to dispel rumors among Latino families that they would be deported if they come forward with information about child sexual abuse allegations at Miramonte Elementary School, where two teachers have been arrested.
"We've seen a reluctance among families to come forward on the advice of lawyers," Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Dan Scott told msnbc.com. "The sheriff has assured the community that a person’s legal status will not be questioned."
But many remain silent.
"People are afraid to talk. They are confused. They are scared," Jessica Dominguez, a Los Angeles lawyer who specializes in immigration cases, told msnbc.com. "Parents are worrying that if they speak out to authorities they will be deported, because some of them are undocumented."
Since I did not see this article on Newsvine I decided to start this thread because of all of the daggers being thrown at the victims with such pin point precision, rather than at the perpetrators.
My point of view is going to come from a different perspective from many of the posters on this thread. In my own opinion, I think that the reason for the rampant sexual abuses upon the young children in this particular school may be due to the fact that there are undocumented students attending there. The offenders are using that fact to victimize innocent children in the hope that they nor their parents will tell.
Now, you can complain about their legal status, and rightfully so. But, do you think for a minute that these disgusting sex offenders did not or would not or will not target legal citizens if there were no undocumented ones available? Instead of "blaming the victim" (defenseless children), Why not go after the perps with as much venom as some of you sprew against these children? These teachers who have done these gruesome and despicable acts are "legal citizens" and in my opinion are no better than the law breaking illegals they target. We need an effective and humane immigration law, not a barbaric one. So write or call your Senators and Congressmen and ask them to sit down and do some serious work on Immigration Reform for all immigrants and stop sitting on their hands for political gain, I did.
