First, I have received nice comments on this space and I thank you all who wrote them.
Next, I have a different opinion on the illegal immigration issue: I now just don’t know what I think. My previous stance was basically “if you’re an illegal immigrant, you are a criminal, end of story.“ On Headline News a few days ago, I heard a story about a woman who crossed the Mexico-United States border when she was fourteen. She went on to get jobs wherever she could get them such as a part-time job at Taco Bell. She eventually married and started a family.
So far this story can be repeated if you ask half of the so-called “illegal immigrant population” which I do not have numbers on how many millions they number lately. Where this story gets tragic and probably unique is coming.
This woman wanted to have something her husband and children had: a U.S. citizenship. She looked for help in obtaining her goal and found a place that promised that help…for a fee. Over a number of years, this woman spent around $8,000 paying for whatever this firm said she needed to pay for. In the end, the people involved in the firm, which ended up a scam, were arrested for fraud and disappeared after posting bail. What happened to the immigrant woman?
After everything hit the fan, she became visible on the federal radar. She will be deported, probably without her family, back to Mexico on June 10 of this year.
When we are dealing with political issues, we lose our focus on who we’re dealing with: real people. The decisions that are made in Congress and signed by our President into law affect each and every one of us.
I don’t like the idea of people who are living in the United States illegally getting away with their crimes, but I don’t like splitting up families either. Where is the compromise?