Read in the paper of a 19-year-old named Sara, born in Mexico, but brought to America at age 8. She knows no other homeland. She loves America and views herself as an American.
At the end of the online story, I read the comments. One said Sara is just another criminal, and suggested we take everything she owns away from her and deport her, banning her for life. "No pity, no sympathy," he wrote.
Such a stand I do not understand.
When we make it a crime to be born without paperwork, and when we loathe the person without paperwork, then perhaps it us who should be considered the criminals.
Sara grew up on American soil, and grew up loving America. Are we to return that love with hate, telling her to leave, as if she is not good enough to even be in our presence?
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