So, one of my wife's students has been arrested by ICE, because he's one of the DACA kids. And apparently they have until close of business tomorrow to submit letters attesting to his character. Odds are good that he's going to be deported regardless, and by "deported" I mean arbitrarily exiled to a country that he's never so much as visited before. This is what "justice" looks like in Modern America: somewhere along the line, we've decided that the Gestapo had the right idea.
(And yes, I'm aware that justice in historical America is frequently no better.)
I mean, clearly this is the only way, right? We can't let him get away with, well, being a good student and a leader in student organizations and a contributing participant in American society and civic life. That would just be wrong, wouldn't it?
If this is who we are, then we are absolute shit: morally shit, socially shit, politically shit. And make no mistake about it: this *is* who we are.
I firmly believe we can do better. I firmly believe we can *be* better. And we have to start now.
Abolish ICE. Defund them. Dissolve their charter. Whatever it takes. And then hold its leaders responsible for their human rights violations.
Leviticus 19:34 if you're scripturally inclined.
My son and I were just talking about immigrants yesterday and I was trying to explain why all the big deal and he said something to the effect that if they aren't citizens, then the govt can't tax them properly. He said it's always about the money. He's 16.
ReplyDeleteThis country is whack in so many ways.
He's smart.
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