I used to work in home healthcare and at a veterans home, and the thing that always struck me was how invisible caregivers could be. People rely on you because their life depends on it, and yet the system treats you like you’re disposable the second you’re inconvenient.
So reading this, it doesn’t surprise me, that the very people holding families together are being targeted, detained, or used as bargaining chips.
Thanks for laying this out with clarity. There’s a whole category of people we say we value and then punish for doing the work.
It felt a little wrong to try to present it neutrally! There’s no shortage of people condemning what’s happening, while not so many people are explaining what it is that’s going on and the legal mechanisms behind it. I think it’s hard to fight what we don’t understand. We can condemn acts that cause harm without knowing the nitty gritty details, of course. We need more information on what’s happening and what the possibilities are in order to fight for something. Although it’s all so complex, this is just a baby step in that direction!
I used to work in home healthcare and at a veterans home, and the thing that always struck me was how invisible caregivers could be. People rely on you because their life depends on it, and yet the system treats you like you’re disposable the second you’re inconvenient.
So reading this, it doesn’t surprise me, that the very people holding families together are being targeted, detained, or used as bargaining chips.
Thanks for laying this out with clarity. There’s a whole category of people we say we value and then punish for doing the work.
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It felt a little wrong to try to present it neutrally! There’s no shortage of people condemning what’s happening, while not so many people are explaining what it is that’s going on and the legal mechanisms behind it. I think it’s hard to fight what we don’t understand. We can condemn acts that cause harm without knowing the nitty gritty details, of course. We need more information on what’s happening and what the possibilities are in order to fight for something. Although it’s all so complex, this is just a baby step in that direction!