Immigration Follies
There has been a fair amount of interest from bloggers about the arrest and deportation of Elvira Arellano, the woman who had been hiding in a Chicago church claiming "sanctuary" - a concept that is not, and can not be, recognized under American law. Ms. Arellano, a convicted felon, has already been deported to Tijuana. And her supporters might want to really think hard about whether they want to make her a poster child for immigration reform. Because people in this country are very angry with her and the antics of her supporters. These poll results are telling. She's a bad choice for a symbol.
OTHERS: Gateway Pundit, Captain's Quarters, American Thinker, Fausta's blog, Lone Star Times, Don Surber, Wizbang, Hot Air, Lonewacko, Scared Monkeys, Daily Pundit,
Incidentally, Fausta points out that it is not clear whether Arellano actually stole someone's Social Security number or used a made-up number. In either case she had forged documents. What is truly frightening is that she had a job at O'Hare airport cleaning airplanes using those forged documents. That is exactly why the border must be controlled. And another reason why her supporters are outright foolish to try to make her a poster child - Americans will be angry about the identity theft but the airport job will remind them even more about why this immigration problem needs to be fixed. Americans will also be angry because she got away with crimes that would have put an American behind bars. That is not going to sit well at all.
Immigration Reform | Gaius Monday, 20 August , 2007
By Cowgirl, Monday, 20 August , 2007 @ 10:42 am
Wow! We are truly on the same page. Your post hits the same points as mine did this morning.
By Gaius, Monday, 20 August , 2007 @ 10:53 am
Great minds?
By Quilly Mammoth, Monday, 20 August , 2007 @ 11:01 am
Marcus and I are thinking of taking up bank robbery. As we both have kids, and using the pro-illegal immigrant argument, we can’t be locked up because it would break up our family. We feel quite sure that the nutzroots will support us in our robbery spree becuase all we would be hurting would be Da Man.