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You may have seen us flying the sign on the highway exit ramps or asking you help us find work or get a meal. We are not victims. You should know that.

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Bill Mcilmail
Feb 02, 2021
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You may have seen us flying the sign on the highway exit ramps or asking you help us find work or get a meal. 

We are not victims. You should know that.

Sometimes we are hungry. Sometimes we are beggars. But victims—never.

We are not victims. Some of us have made bad choices; others are here by bad choices made by others. Some of us have had the “American…

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