Manns Medium

For those who find themselves entangled in this on-going debate about our immigration problem, there appears to be one thing that many are missing.  That is how hypocritical this nation looks as those who wish to yell “go home” and deny anyone a safe haven are the very same who appears to be singing a different tune when it comes to war. Example is look very closely at those who say that America and this administration is lacking in its response to the fighting going on in the Middle East right now.  They cite the excessive loss of life as a reason for us to step up and step in yet these very same people are singing a different tune when it comes to the growing number of illegal aliens being captured and detained at the southern border of Texas.  Is there really a different or does it depends strictly upon the person who is screaming the loudest? Can we really have it both ways?  Be gung-ho to charge into a civil war but turn a blind eye to refugees who are ...

When I first heard about this, I thought of how brave this young lady was to step up and take on this job.   I was confident that she was aware of the dangers that she may face in accepting this job and marveled at her resolve to try and make a difference. Learning now and through the Associated Press writer Juan Carlos Llorca article titled Young Mexican Police Chief Seeks U.S. Asylum, “Marisol Valles Garcia accepted the top law enforcement job in Praxedis G. Guerrero, a township near the Texas border overrun by drug violence.”     “Residents have said Garcia received death threats, and the ombudsman, Gustavo de la Rosa, said there may have been at least one attempt to kidnap her” makes me even surer that it took great courage to stand in that box waiting for whatever pitch was going to be thrown by the gangs who are fighting to control that area.   I applaud her tour of duty even if it was only about 6 months long because any amount of time in that capacity an...