Dang it, I really should have devoted a proper blog post to the AAEC convention, because there's still one more thing I want to mention in case it somehow fades from memory.
It wasn't something at the convention itself, actually, but on our trip back home.
My husband and I landed at O'Hare Sunday night, retrieved our checked luggage, and followed the overhead signs until, around 8:00, we finally got to the exit where the hotel shuttles pick up arriving passengers.
Just inside those doors, lying, sitting, and milling about among their sleeping bags, blankets, and personal belongings, were dozens upon dozens of families clearly prepared to spend the night there between the walkway and the windows. Black drapes along the opposite side of the walkway concealed, what? Even more stranded passengers?
No, these were not travelers whose flight had been delayed. These were immigrants, refugees, with no place to go.
This WGN-TV report about the asylum seekers stranded at O'Hare — when they could all be hidden behind those curtains — is over a month old.
As are the hateful remarks left at the top of the comments.
Well, Rachel, if you would rather live under a miserable federal government no better than the ones in the countries these people are fleeing, go ahead and vote for Trump.
How very, very sad
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