Not in My America: We Should not Tolerate Injustice Such as This

   When we see an injustice such as this, we should demand that it end. We should not tolerate it.
   My friend Omar Sey came to America to receive an education. Needing to work his way through school, he got a work permit. Trouble is, when they issued it, they got his first and last names inverted. His employer is saying get it changed, so we can put you back to work. So, in February, he mailed off the paperwork to get it changed.
   He's still waiting.
   To correct something like this should be a quick process. Walk in, fill out some papers, sit down and wait while they electronically verify everything, and walk out with a corrected card. So it seems to me.
   So, they've stretched this out since February, and it is now July. The permit is valid for one year, and will expire in August.
   To make matters worse, he says, when he called them a couple weeks ago and asked why it is taking so long, they told him to quit bothering them, and quit asking  -- or they will just make it all the harder on him, and make him wait all the longer.
   Nobody should be treated this way, anywhere. But, in America, certainly nobody should be treated this way. This is a country of justice and fairness, of treating people right. When we see something like this, should band together, rally around the oppressed person, and demand that the ill treatment cease.
    We should say, Not in my America.