Monday, April 03, 2006

Immigration Bill Always Fair?


I've pretty much stayed out of the immigration bill debate. I can see why people are split over it. I am too. Like Tommy Lee Jones' character in Batman Forever, I'm of two minds on the matter. That said, I'm inclined toward a very liberal approach rather than punitive. Let's try to put a human face on the issue.
When Anna Salazar was first dating her husband, Roberto, it didn't occur to her to ask his immigration status.

By the time the California native learned Roberto was an illegal immigrant, it didn't make a difference: She had met the love of her life. Now -- five years, a Valentine's Day wedding and two baby boys later -- they are facing Roberto's deportation to Mexico and a possible 10-year exile from the country where he has lived since he was 8.

If an immigration bill being protested across the country in recent weeks becomes law, Roberto, 30, also could be deemed an aggravated felon, sent to prison and then barred from the United States for life.

Is there any justice in all that? Just asking.

1 Comments:

Blogger animeg said...

Just multiply that by a million and you have an unenforcable cluster%^$

4/04/2006 05:35:00 AM  

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