Tuesday, July 1, 2014

At What Point do We See that Our Policy is Wrong?

   At what point do we see that our policy is wrong if that policy is to reject the needy from coming to America? Will it be when children come alone, without their parents, and we mourn at the thought of not welcoming them, of turning our backs on the care of children?
   Ridiculously, to me, the efforts for immigration reform I have seen reach out more to those who would benefit us than to those who need help, as if Lady Liberty had changed her tune to say, "Give me your educated, your talented, your people who are yearning to be upwardly mobile."
   Why not make the poor who seek simple work the people we invite here first? Put them at the head of the line. Why not make those who will work, without going on welfare, the ones who we invite first? America is a nation that seeks to help others. If a person is begging not for welfare, but for work, should we not say, "By all means. If you are so humble as just to want a humble job, let us not throw a road block in front of you. You are of the kind we would be proud to have as Americans."

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