{"id":1931,"date":"2019-06-27T08:12:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T12:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=1931"},"modified":"2019-06-27T08:12:19","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T12:12:19","slug":"a-plan-for-the-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/06\/27\/a-plan-for-the-border\/","title":{"rendered":"A Plan for the Border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Plan for the Border<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States has created a crisis on the Southern Border.&nbsp;&nbsp;Intentionally or not, the Trump Administration policies have failed to deal with the root causes.  Because of that thousands are \u201cfleeing the nightmare\u201d (Pete Buttigieg\u2019s words) of Central America.&nbsp;&nbsp;What\u2019s the plan now, and how can we \u201cfix\u201d this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Faucet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So what is the Trump Administration trying to do?\u00a0\u00a0First, they are discontinuing programs in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala that were trying to improve conditions.\u00a0\u00a0By doing this, they are guaranteeing that the root cause of the migration;  escaping the poverty and violence for a better life in America, will continue (sounds pretty American, doesn\u2019t it \u2013 from the Pilgrims to\u00a0<em>An American Tail.<\/em>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So the concept of \u201cclosing the hose at the faucet\u201d isn\u2019t going to happen.\u00a0\u00a0The migrants will continue to come; whatever they face on the journey or at the border, it\u2019s better than what they face at home.\u00a0Parents will continue to send children, hoping that at least they will have a chance.\u00a0\u00a0Mexico has neither the resources nor the will to prevent them from entering, and cannot absorb them into their economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Law<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two opportunities for a migrant to claim the legal status of asylum.&nbsp;&nbsp;The \u201crules\u201d are laid out in the United Nations\u2019 Refugee Treaty of 1951.&nbsp;&nbsp;The first opportunity is to claim asylum in the \u201cfirst\u201d safe country the refugee gets to.&nbsp;&nbsp;President Trump would like Mexico to be that \u201cfirst\u201d nation, making all of the migrants their problem.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second is that refugees can claim a third nation as their place to claim asylum, and transit other states to get there.&nbsp;&nbsp;That is what is occurring today, Central American migrants are claiming the \u201cright\u201d to transit Mexico to reach the United States.&nbsp;&nbsp;Mexico, also a signer of the treaty, is fulfilling their obligation by allowing migrants to cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So here they come.&nbsp;&nbsp;As a treaty signer, the United States has to recognize their right to claim asylum.&nbsp;&nbsp;We are required to allow them access to the Courts to prove their claim, and we have to accept them into the United States if their claim is found valid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trump Administration denies these immigrants access to Court, by not letting them enter at the \u201cLegal Points of Entry.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;Thousands wait, while only a few are allowed \u201cin\u201d each day.&nbsp;&nbsp;By doing this,  the Administration is generating all of the other problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Forcing the Choice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If an immigrant cannot legally cross the border, their only other option to claim asylum is to cross the border illegally, get into US custody, and make their claim in court.\u00a0So it shouldn\u2019t be a surprise that they are crossing wherever they can, through wilderness and desert, and across the river.\u00a0\u00a0Two died yesterday, drowned in the Rio Grande.\u00a0\u00a0Four died last weekend, dead of dehydration in the desert, toddlers among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because the border crossings are choked to near closed, migrants are forced to try to enter illegally and \u201cTHE WALL\u201d becomes the symbol.\u00a0\u00a0The argument goes:\u00a0\u00a0if migrants are crossing river, desert and mountains to get into the US, we can wall them out by building a physical barrier.\u00a0\u00a0Then they won\u2019t try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, that\u2019s not true; migrants will continue to try to cross, whatever the barrier.\u00a0\u00a0What \u201cTHE WALL\u201d would do is make crossing a more expensive effort, requiring more expertise.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cTHE WALL\u201d will make the \u201ccoyotes,\u201d paid to help in the crossing,  indispensible.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0They will know where WALL weaknesses are, whether it is tunnels, or gaps, or ladders, or bribed officials.  And they will take advantage of the migrants even more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Camps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The migrants get here:&nbsp;one way or another they reach US soil and say the \u201cmagic words\u201d of asylum.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the past both individuals and families were processed. They were&nbsp;&nbsp;checked for criminal backgrounds, then released on \u201cprobation\u201d until a legal asylum hearing could be held.&nbsp;&nbsp;Contrary to what the current Administration claims, 85 to 90% returned for the hearings.&nbsp;&nbsp;When there were surges of migrants in the past, the reaction was to send more lawyers and judges so that hearings could be expedited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trump administration determined that crossing the border outside of the legal \u201cpoints of entry\u201d is a crime so serious, that all of the crossers must be held in custody.&nbsp;Since the US cannot hold children in \u201cprison,\u201d they are separated from their parents and given to a different Federal department to be cared for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the surge of migration, the need to \u201cdetain\u201d all of the illegal crossers meant the need for more and more detention centers.&nbsp;&nbsp;The requirement to not imprison children meant the need for \u201ckiddie centers.\u201d&nbsp;Overcrowding was inevitable, as were abuses.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was no increase in judges or attorneys, and now the asylum case backlog is stretching over two years.&nbsp;&nbsp;This means those in detention are there for a very long time.  Kids are literally growing up apart from the parents and families.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is the worst of all possibilities:&nbsp;&nbsp;more migrants are coming.   They can\u2019t legally get in so they come in illegally, and the US ends up with thousands in custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The obvious long-term solution is to go back to the root cause of migration:\u00a0\u00a0the poverty and crime in the \u201cNorthern Triangle\u201d of Central America.\u00a0\u00a0The billions of dollars of WALL would be better spent on trying to change the home environment of those folks, who live in countries with some of the highest murder rates in the world.\u00a0\u00a0Long-term, turn off the faucet, and the water will stop running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But that is long-term, a solution that will take years.&nbsp;&nbsp;Meanwhile, the migrants are coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The short-term answer is to stop trying to block the border, and send lawyers and judges.&nbsp;&nbsp;Allow migrants their legal right to claim asylum, and adjudicate their claim as quickly as fairly as possible.&nbsp;&nbsp;Let families and non-criminal migrants to live in the United States, cared for by relatives and non-profit agencies, until their court date is reached.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States doesn\u2019t need camps:&nbsp;detention, relocation, or concentration.&nbsp;We don\u2019t need WALL.&nbsp;&nbsp;What America needs is to follow our legal obligations under the treaty, and our moral obligations as human beings.&nbsp;&nbsp;It not only is the right thing to do, it is the best choice for America.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Plan for the Border The United States has created a crisis on the Southern Border.&nbsp;&nbsp;Intentionally or not, the Trump Administration policies have failed to deal with the root causes. Because of that thousands are \u201cfleeing the nightmare\u201d (Pete Buttigieg\u2019s words) of Central America.&nbsp;&nbsp;What\u2019s the plan now, and how can we \u201cfix\u201d this? The Faucet &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/06\/27\/a-plan-for-the-border\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Plan for the Border&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Plan for the Border : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The &quot;Trump&quot; Border Plan has created a crisis. His supporters ask, &quot;what else could we do?&quot; Here&#039;s an answer, the &quot;fix&quot; for the border crisis.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/06\/27\/a-plan-for-the-border\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Plan for the Border : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The &quot;Trump&quot; Border Plan has created a crisis. His supporters ask, &quot;what else could we do?&quot; Here&#039;s an answer, the &quot;fix&quot; for the border crisis.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/06\/27\/a-plan-for-the-border\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/Dahlmanonline-610417212502642\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/Dahlmanonline-610417212502642\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-06-27T12:12:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-06-27T12:12:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dahlman.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3564-e1488996194684.jpg?fit=480%2C640&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Marty Dahlman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@martydahlman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@martydahlman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Marty Dahlman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dahlman.online\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/27\\\/a-plan-for-the-border\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dahlman.online\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/27\\\/a-plan-for-the-border\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Marty Dahlman\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dahlman.online\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5fa8c1b0305cf5f1f3633225843e621c\"},\"headline\":\"A Plan for the Border\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-27T12:12:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-27T12:12:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dahlman.online\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/27\\\/a-plan-for-the-border\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1128,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dahlman.online\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5fa8c1b0305cf5f1f3633225843e621c\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dahlman.online\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/27\\\/a-plan-for-the-border\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dahlman.online\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/27\\\/a-plan-for-the-border\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dahlman.online\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/27\\\/a-plan-for-the-border\\\/\",\"name\":\"A Plan for the Border : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dahlman.online\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-27T12:12:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-27T12:12:19+00:00\",\"description\":\"The \\\"Trump\\\" Border Plan has created a crisis. His supporters ask, \\\"what else could we do?\\\" Here's an answer, the \\\"fix\\\" for the border crisis.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dahlman.online\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/27\\\/a-plan-for-the-border\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dahlman.online\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/27\\\/a-plan-for-the-border\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dahlman.online\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/27\\\/a-plan-for-the-border\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dahlman.online\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Plan for the Border\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dahlman.online\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dahlman.online\\\/\",\"name\":\"Trump World - Essays on Politics and the Trump Administration\",\"description\":\"Essays on Politics and Life in Our America\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dahlman.online\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5fa8c1b0305cf5f1f3633225843e621c\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dahlman.online\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dahlman.online\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5fa8c1b0305cf5f1f3633225843e621c\",\"name\":\"Marty Dahlman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/dahlman.online\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/IMG_3564-e1488996194684.jpg?fit=480%2C640&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/dahlman.online\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/IMG_3564-e1488996194684.jpg?fit=480%2C640&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/dahlman.online\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/IMG_3564-e1488996194684.jpg?fit=480%2C640&ssl=1\",\"width\":480,\"height\":640,\"caption\":\"Marty Dahlman\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/dahlman.online\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/IMG_3564-e1488996194684.jpg?fit=480%2C640&ssl=1\"},\"description\":\"I'm Marty Dahlman. After forty years of teaching and coaching track and cross country, I've finally retired!!! I've also spent a lot of time in politics, working campaigns from local school elections to Presidential campaigns.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dahlman.online\",\"https:\\\/\\\/m.facebook.com\\\/Dahlmanonline-610417212502642\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/martydahlman\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Plan for the Border : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life","description":"The \"Trump\" Border Plan has created a crisis. His supporters ask, \"what else could we do?\" Here's an answer, the \"fix\" for the border crisis.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/06\/27\/a-plan-for-the-border\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Plan for the Border : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life","og_description":"The \"Trump\" Border Plan has created a crisis. His supporters ask, \"what else could we do?\" Here's an answer, the \"fix\" for the border crisis.","og_url":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/06\/27\/a-plan-for-the-border\/","og_site_name":"Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life","article_publisher":"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/Dahlmanonline-610417212502642\/","article_author":"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/Dahlmanonline-610417212502642\/","article_published_time":"2019-06-27T12:12:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-06-27T12:12:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":640,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dahlman.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3564-e1488996194684.jpg?fit=480%2C640&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Marty Dahlman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@martydahlman","twitter_site":"@martydahlman","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Marty Dahlman","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/06\/27\/a-plan-for-the-border\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/06\/27\/a-plan-for-the-border\/"},"author":{"name":"Marty Dahlman","@id":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/#\/schema\/person\/5fa8c1b0305cf5f1f3633225843e621c"},"headline":"A Plan for the Border","datePublished":"2019-06-27T12:12:14+00:00","dateModified":"2019-06-27T12:12:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/06\/27\/a-plan-for-the-border\/"},"wordCount":1128,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/#\/schema\/person\/5fa8c1b0305cf5f1f3633225843e621c"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/06\/27\/a-plan-for-the-border\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/06\/27\/a-plan-for-the-border\/","url":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/06\/27\/a-plan-for-the-border\/","name":"A Plan for the Border : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-06-27T12:12:14+00:00","dateModified":"2019-06-27T12:12:19+00:00","description":"The \"Trump\" Border Plan has created a crisis. His supporters ask, \"what else could we do?\" Here's an answer, the \"fix\" for the border crisis.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/06\/27\/a-plan-for-the-border\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/06\/27\/a-plan-for-the-border\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/06\/27\/a-plan-for-the-border\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Plan for the Border"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/","name":"Trump World - Essays on Politics and the Trump Administration","description":"Essays on Politics and Life in Our America","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/#\/schema\/person\/5fa8c1b0305cf5f1f3633225843e621c"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/#\/schema\/person\/5fa8c1b0305cf5f1f3633225843e621c","name":"Marty Dahlman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dahlman.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3564-e1488996194684.jpg?fit=480%2C640&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dahlman.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3564-e1488996194684.jpg?fit=480%2C640&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dahlman.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3564-e1488996194684.jpg?fit=480%2C640&ssl=1","width":480,"height":640,"caption":"Marty Dahlman"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dahlman.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3564-e1488996194684.jpg?fit=480%2C640&ssl=1"},"description":"I'm Marty Dahlman. After forty years of teaching and coaching track and cross country, I've finally retired!!! I've also spent a lot of time in politics, working campaigns from local school elections to Presidential campaigns.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.dahlman.online","https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/Dahlmanonline-610417212502642\/","https:\/\/x.com\/martydahlman"]}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1931"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1940,"href":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions\/1940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}