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Judi Lynn

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Wed Sep 6, 2017, 08:56 AM Sep 2017

Hurricane Harvey: Mexican volunteers cross Texas border to bring aid to victims of Houston flooding

Red Cross workers deliver food and supplies to residents hit by devastating tropical storm in act of generosity that shames Donald Trump's plan to build wall between the two nations

Ruthy Munoz 5 hours ago



Mexico has come to the aid of the United States following Hurricane Harvey, sending Red Cross volunteers, food and supplies to a country whose President has proposed building a wall to keep the two neighbours apart.

Mexican volunteers wearing white vests labelled “Cruz Roja Mexicana” are distributing food and lending a sympathetic ear to some of the 1,800 storm refugees at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, a temporary shelter.

A caravan of Mexican storm relief was due to be shipped north for victims of a storm that has killed some 60 people and left tens of thousands homeless since first coming ashore 25 August.

“We all know that there are some agreements and disagreements between governments, but for the Mexican Red Cross and the volunteers from the Mexican Red Cross, we are more than glad to be helpful and do some stuff to help people,” said Gustavo Santillan, one of the Mexican Red Cross volunteers.

More:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hurricane-harvey-latest-mexican-volunteers-houston-texas-flood-victims-red-cross-donald-trump-border-a7932076.html

LBN:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141860928

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