Neil Diamond praised them, these immigrants.
"Only want to be free
"We huddle close
"Hang on to a dream
"On the boats and on the planes
"They're coming to America"
Was he speaking of the ones who come with their paperwork all in order, or did he include those who show up unannounced at the border, just seeking asylum? Surely, Diamond had those who said they don't mind immigrants coming, they just want them to come legally.
It is immigrant season, now -- migrant season, the season of the migrant caravans.
"Home
"Don't it seem so far away
"Oh, we're traveling light today
"In the eye of the storm
"In the eye of the storm"
News two days ago says a caravan of hundreds of migrants left the city of Tapachula in southern Mexico, heading for America. They were to join up with a larger caravan that left six days earlier. When the season is well underway, will we have caravans that number in the thousands, as we do in many years? They are "traveling light today" and "only want to be free."
"To a new and a shiny place
"Make our bed and we'll say our grace
"Freedom's light burning warm
"Freedom's Light burning warm"
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