Puerto Rico is under siege by illegal aliens and the ACLU

Puerto Rico is under siege by illegal aliens and the ACLU
Puerto Rico's secretary of state, Kenneth McClintock, dismissed any suggestion of discrimination and said utilities cannot be considered a right of the residents because they do not own the land.
"It is illegal to live there. It is not their property," McClintock said. "I know there are pieces of land you and I would love in Puerto Rico, but we don't have a right to invade those lands. And if we do, we don't have rights to request services that are not even available to people who own the property."
Most of the squatters in the Villas del Sol community are single mothers with children who live along dirt roads in Toa Baja, a western suburb of San Juan.
Puerto Rico is mistreating squatters in a largely Dominican community, according to an unusual petition filed Wednesday to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights alleging abuses inside U.S. jurisdiction.
The American Civil Liberties Union petition calls on the U.S. and Puerto Rican governments to restore water and electricity to Villas del Sol, a settlement of plywood and cement shacks where it charges about 200 families have been abused by police and unfairly targeted because many of them are immigrants.
Police in riot gear arrived to evict the squatters Aug. 3, claiming they are illegally occupying a dangerous flood zone. Residents locked arms to keep them out. Since then, police have been stationed outside the community around the clock in an uneasy standoff and the water has been turned off except for a month surrounding Christmas.Some residents now bathe in water from a filthy creek. Others collect rainwater from their roofs. Many store water in open containers that are suspected to be the cause of clouds of mosquitoes and outbreaks of illnesses including dengue fever.

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[IrishAustrian1488]

The abuse by police combined with the overall anti-Dominican, anti-immigrant sentiment that the community has been exposed to, followed by the lack of water and electricity, have had a devastating impact," said Chandra Bhatnagar, a staff attorney with the ACLU's human rights program in New York

[prfu1222]

@IrishAustrian1488 Thank you for caring so much about P.R. You wanker!

[ehafmr]

@1coolguysuper You know what, why don't you take them to ur nasty mexican country.

[ehafmr]

@1coolguysuper Good, I do hope Puerto Rico will get its independence. That way all those dirty dominicans will swim back to there country. Its the only way we can get rid off that scum.

[chencho57]

Once again Gutiérrez is wrong! As Secretary of State McClintock said, these squatters, whether U.S. citizens, legal immigrants or illegals, have no right to live on property that is not theirs. In fact, these were lands condemned by FEMA as a flood plain and had already compensated its residents to move to higher ground. Someone should go squat on Gutiérrez' million-dollar front lawn in Chicago or one of his inexplicably expensive properties in Puerto Rico!

[1coolguysuper]

We need to give Puerto Rico their Independence,I'm sorry but Puerto Ricans are lazy.

SAY NO TO STATEHOOD!!

[Janemas]

They are not immigrants they are ILLEGALS stealing land!

[Janemas]

@Unclesamslair Where is it ok to steal land, water and electricity and place their children under condition that are condemned? They want to live free, well they can go back to their country which is 10 times bigger and demand their president to do something about their birthright! Think I would last one day if I stole 1/2 an acre and electricity and water? PR cannot support DR's 300 thousand illegals. Why doesn't DR send PR money to support their people?

[Unclesamslair]

@IrishAustrian1488 but does that mean that I can set up living on someone else's private property and demand water and other basic utilities?