If our government and agents can't see the humanity in an elderly blind refugee, we don't have a government worthy of us

[bigtree]

Maya Wiley @mayawiley
If our government and its agents can’t see the humanity in an elderly, blind refugee, we don’t have a government worthy of us. We don’t have a government that will protect any of us. If we don’t use our power as citizens to protect humanity, we lose our own.

Feb 25, 2026
Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol is dead
Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Rohingya refugee from Burma, was nearly blind and spoke no English. He was dropped off by agents in Buffalo on the other side of town from his home. His family was not notified of his release.
https://www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/blind-refugee-abandoned-by-border-patrol-is-dead/

[leftstreet]

1. Well at least they didn't shoot him!!

This normalizing of systemic cruelty is getting harder and harder to handle. What is the way out of it?

[Prairie_Seagull]

2. This needs much bigger coverage.

Administration thugs are fucking inhumane.

The 'shining house/city on the hill' has been shat on...repeatedly.

Fuckers!!!!!!!