\u201c\u2026 all the children were nestled snug in their beds while visions of sugar plums danced in their heads.\u201d
\n\u2014from The Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore, 1823<\/p>\n
\u2019Twas Xmas Eve on the US-Mexican Border<\/strong><\/p>\n It was Christmas Eve on the U.S.-Mexican border Holiday Cheer? Not Much In Here<\/strong><\/p>\n Its Xmas in prison inside our chain link holding tank Limerick Para Los Inocentes<\/strong><\/p>\n Rocks are red, our jailers white, the sky is blue \u201c\u2026 all the children were nestled snug in their beds while visions of sugar plums…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-314597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nthousands of children held inside chain link cages
\nno media to be seen not a single news reporter
\nseparation from parents thought by all outrageous.
\nChildren all sleeping under blankets made of foil
\ndenied toothbrushes for some insane reason
\ntold to eat frozen burritos so they wouldn\u2019t spoil
\nthey won\u2019t be \u201chome for the holidays\u201d this season.
\nWhen what to their awakening ears did they hear
\nbut US border immigration vans sirens blaring
\nand many more child prisoners their age did appear
\nwho will sleep on the crowded floor they are sharing.
\nWhen jailers in all the holding tanks turned out the light
\nthey said Felis Navidad to the children that cold dark night.<\/p>\n
\nthere are hundreds of us in this temporary tent place
\nwe have a Miller- Trump immigration policy to thank
\nits been months since we\u2019ve seen our parents face.
\nMy little brother is sick and I\u2019m losing weight
\nwe don\u2019t know where our older sister was sent
\nXmas New Year holiday time for us is not so great
\nand we expect no gifts from the US president.
\nI\u2019d like some mol\u00e9 de chocolate y puerquitos
\nmy brother needs a toothbrush and a foil blanket
\nwe both want some ice cream and hot Cheetos
\nbut we\u2019ll be happy with any snacks we can get.
\nWe can see blue sky through a prison window
\nas we all sing Feliz Navidad and Ceilito Lindo.<\/p>\n
\nlocked up are my brother and sister and me too
\nnever thought I\u2019d spend Xmas behind chain links
\nits cold and crowded and the whole place stinks
\nwherever my parents are I sure wish we knew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"