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Lodi man organizing effort to stop human trafficking in California
Adam Cortes shows a poster example of an identification packet during a Stop Human Trafficking workshop at Bear Creek High School in Stockton on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. Cortes is organizing with local churches to help fingerprint more children to better track them in case they go missing.
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Lodi man organizing effort to stop human trafficking in California
Elisabet Medina talks about human trafficking and Opening Doors Inc., a program in Sacramento the helps survivors of trafficking and provides education for the community, during a Stop Human Trafficking workshop at Bear Creek High School in Stockton on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013.
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Adam Cortes is looking for sponsors or volunteers to help with his ID card project.
Contact him at 209-200-0760, or at enunasolavoz@gmail.com.
Posted: Saturday, January 12, 2013 7:20 pm
Lodi man organizing effort to stop human trafficking in California
By Sara Jane Pohlman/News-Sentinel Staff Writer
Lodinews.com
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Do you know how much a kidney goes for on the black market? What about a liver? Or a pint of blood? Adam Cortes does.
“We say our children are priceless, that human life is priceless. But to some people, it isn’t,” he said.
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Joanne Bobin posted at 12:34 pm on Tue, Jan 15, 2013.
The question asked obviously leads to discussion about illegal immigration.
Forgive me if I jumped the gun by assuming you are offended by illegal immigration and that illegals get what they deserve by breaking the law to begin with.
If that is not the case, then I must apologize.
Josh Morgan posted at 3:19 pm on Mon, Jan 14, 2013.
Joanne, how in the world would you conclude that I would be happy about the black market trade in human organs from my question posed to Doug? I'm outraged by it!
Joanne Bobin posted at 12:45 pm on Mon, Jan 14, 2013.
Apparently illegal immigration is just GREAT for the blackmarket trade in human organs, so Mr. Dawes and Mr. Morgan should be happy about that.
Just imagine, 40,000 American children (citizens) would have to be abducted and cut up for spare parts to fill the gap.
Josh Morgan posted at 11:58 am on Mon, Jan 14, 2013.
Doug, I'm curious.......what are your thoughts on illegal immigration?
Doug Chaney posted at 7:22 am on Mon, Jan 14, 2013.
Mr. Dawes, you sir, are one of the problems that Lodi seems to ignore by your bigoted rant and this city will never change its attitude as long as the same old regime and management team control this town.