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Jimmy Aldaoud was deported He was American to the bone He never set foot in Iraq Arrived here at six months old Jimmy was born in Greece And Michigan was his home He was very good at Chess His health problems were known Diabetes and schizophrenia Is what Jimmy battled most ICE showed up one day And took him from his home Jimmy was sent to Iraq ICE said he had to go They threw him on a plane He landed in Baghdad alone He was living on the streets Jimmy didn't know a soul He couldn't get anything to eat His insulin was dangerously low 'I don't understand the language. I don't understand the money. I don't understand the street.' Jimmy said in desperate worry Jimmy couldn't speak Arabic And he had nowhere to go Someone found his body He died in Baghdad all alone Jimmy Aldaoud was fourty-one He died in a place he didn't know ICE just sent him to his death This administration has no soul Jimmy didn't have to die In a far off land he didn't know Today he would still be alive America was his only home 'Donald J Trump is responsible for his death.' - Andy Levin, U.S. congressman © 2020  Michael Messinger(All rights reserved)
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Feb 6, 2020
Feb 6, 2020 at 11:29 PM UTC
The Ballad of Jimmy Aldaoud
Jimmy Aldaoud was deported He was American to the bone He never set foot in Iraq Arrived here at six months old Jimmy was born in Greece And Michigan was his home He was very good at Chess His health problems were known Diabetes and schizophrenia Is what Jimmy battled most ICE showed up one day And took him from his home Jimmy was sent to Iraq ICE said he had to go They threw him on a plane He landed in Baghdad alone He was living on the streets Jimmy didn't know a soul He couldn't get anything to eat His insulin was dangerously low 'I don't understand the language. I don't understand the money. I don't understand the street.' Jimmy said in desperate worry Jimmy couldn't speak Arabic And he had nowhere to go Someone found his body He died in Baghdad all alone Jimmy Aldaoud was fourty-one He died in a place he didn't know ICE just sent him to his death This administration has no soul Jimmy didn't have to die In a far off land he didn't know Today he would still be alive America was his only home 'Donald J Trump is responsible for his death.' - Andy Levin, U.S. congressman © 2020  Michael Messinger(All rights reserved)
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Feb 6, 2020
Feb 6, 2020 at 11:29 PM UTC
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