How close are we to busses driving down Lucas Ave. Knocking on doors, taking people away, no papers, you go.
Sure, most were for getting rid of criminals. You are incarcerated for a crime, came into the country illegally, are not adding to American society and have committed offences severe enough for incarceration, no brainer.
But now it’s phase two, and anyone with brown skin is suspect. This is why LA erupted, this is why San Francisco erupted, this is why we were all out in force Saturday screaming “Enough!”
Because America is the land of immigrants, we are the wonderful melting pot of cultures, started originally to flee an oppressive political system (king) and start over in a new land. All of us, except the Native Americans who were pushed aside (and by pushed, I mean killed) so that this new land would become the wonderful, messy, complicated country we now live in.
But you knew all that. And recently, because of the magic of carrying capacity, the world has become strained (3.5 to 8.2 billion people in my short lifetime) and resources have to be allocated in a fair and just and equitable way. That’s how organisms live and grow together.
And you know where I’m going with this, fair, just and equitable are not so popular especially in our capitalist country with our bully/baby leader where profits are prioritized over people. Which brings me back to what has been happening in the last few days.
See, I think there are more good people than bad and yes that evaluation is subjective but it’s also based on what I see and have seen around me for the last 60 years. I know most people prioritize people over profits, if someone falls down, you help them up, your first instinct is help not hurt.
And the immigration situation is tough. Unless you have simple answers like reform the pathway to citizenship and make employers help their employees become legal. Or be honest and admit the system creates a working underclass which is vital to our economy. There are no easy answers but trying to round up 11 million hardworking, essential people is shortsighted, mean and racist, creating more problems than it solves.
But we’re good at solving problems and those 11 million people are really what our country is about. Hope for a better life, a place to raise kids and contribute and thrive-American Dream stuff.
The only light in this tunnel is the money situation, that if the busses do come down Lucas avenue, the wine industry will be done, the Sonoma tourist industry will be done and the bully/baby will be responsible for the largest recession in history.
That’s the real question currently pinging through that little orange brain, “How can I deport 3000 people a day and not take down the American economy?”
Enough.
Little fish, big pond 