{"id":342,"date":"2015-08-28T22:58:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T05:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/loren.wpengine.com\/?p=342"},"modified":"2015-09-04T19:47:56","modified_gmt":"2015-09-05T02:47:56","slug":"why-did-i-win-the-birthright-lottery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorennason.com\/2015\/08\/why-did-i-win-the-birthright-lottery\/","title":{"rendered":"Why did I win the birthright lottery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why was I so lucky to be born in the US. I read stories like this of people that have no home and seemingly no hope. It&#8217;s a fucked up world we live in.<\/p>\n<p>Can you imagine being born and living somewhere and being denied basic citizenship because of some extenuating circumstances?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/birthright-citizenship-other-countries_55df2a82e4b08dc0948699f3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/\u2026\/birthright-citizenship-othe\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then I read this story of the 70 immigrants found dead in a box truck trying to get to a better life <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/discovery-of-up-to-50-bodies-in-truck-highlights-european-migrant-crisis\/2015\/08\/27\/ef6efd82-4cca-11e5-80c2-106ea7fb80d4_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/\u2026\/ef6efd8<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">2-4cca-11e5-80c2-10\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>I can&#8217;t even imagine what those people went through in suffering to end up dead in a box truck on the side of the road.<\/p>\n<p>WHAT A FUCKED UP WORLD WE LIVE IN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why was I so lucky to be born in the US. I read stories like this of people that have no home and seemingly no hope. It&#8217;s a fucked up world we live in. 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