Katrina victims to be evicted — again

While I fully understand this nation has deep troubles and many problems to fix, I cannot understand how it is that the survivors of Katrina, after all this time, still have not received the help they need to move on with their lives. President Obama and his cabinet have only been on the job a few months but didn't they have someone taking care of these people? Wasn't it bad enough they were abandoned by the government and then given trailers to live in with formaldehyde? I know that wasn't on President Obama's watch but surely he must have been aware of what they've been going thru. So what are they supposed to do now?

Katrina victims to be evicted — again

By Muriel Kane

Published: May 29, 2009
Updated 1 day ago

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has decided to enforce a June 1 date — originally established by the Bush administration — for the eviction of several thousand victims of Hurricane Katrina who are still living in temporary trailers after nearly four years.

In a Friday press release, the US Human Rights Network stated that this decision “not only lacks basic compassion but is also a derogation of the government’s responsibilities to uphold fundamental human rights.”

“Instead of carrying out the former administration’s callous plan for eviction,” the press release continues, “the Obama administration and Congress should apply the United Nations’ Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, a human rights policy that, for several years, has guided our government in providing temporary and permanent homes for people in foreign countries who become displaced by earthquakes, typhoons, and flooding.”
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Katrina victims to be evicted — again