Imagine leaving behind all one loves and finds comfortable for an uncertain future in a hostile country. Now imagine that those in power destroy all attempts to forge a community among those living in exile due to the United States’ economic and foreign policy. This Wednesday, 10/16, 27 asylum seekers will once again lose housing and have no choice but to camp at another unauthorized site without the support of fellow former Kent Camp residents. While I am glad that families with children, couples, and single adult women who resided at Kent Camp have housing for as long as 2 months – couples and single women’s stays are much more uncertain – I insist that ALL asylum seekers receive long-term housing, including the 27 mostly single men who will face homelessness this week. The fact that prospective state funds will arrive as early as late October makes it absurd and cruel to force immigrants to live on the street or a cold camp for the sake of bureaucratic convenience. Asylum seekers cannot rebuild their lives, apply for work permits, and fulfill the onerous requirements of asylum applications without stable housing. You must do all you can to house the remaining immigrants for at least as long as their fellow ex-Kent Camp inhabitants, preferably in the same motels. Another sweep of another illegal campsite will surely equal the expense of housing these asylum seekers until state funding arrives later this month.