A Place in the boat.......

Just a comment on ‘illegal aliens’ or, if you prefer, undocumented immigrants. Us reg’lar Americans, as a general rule, don’t like ‘em. The exception, of course, being the people who hire them for less money than they’d have to pay us legal ‘Amurricans.’
We ever’day Amurricans prefer legal or ‘documented’ immigrants; those people who do the paperwork, the ones that dot the eyes and cross the tees and promise to be good little boys and girls and obey the laws of the United States. And coincidentally, can stand in line at the DMV like the rest of us and take the test and get a drivers license. Legally. Any state in the union. No problema.
And likewise, enjoy the protection of Law. They cannot be arrested without cause, held incommunicado, and/or deported without facing deportation hearings in a court of law. They are entitled to their day in court. Basically, they have the same legal rights as reg’lar ol’ ever’day Americans.
Those who sneak into this country, no matter how desperate their situation in their country of origin, should be apprehended and deported. It’s illegal. Which means, and I’ll say it slowly for those of you who don’t understand, it’s against the law.
And those who employ them, those who encourage their illegal behavior should be arrested and charged with subversion, or fraud, or tax evasion or at least fined exorbitantly, thereby raising the cost factor of hiring undocumented immigrants far above those who reside here legally.
As a rule, we Americans are generous and compassionate givers. We unhesitatingly provide aid and comfort to victims around the world. We open our hearts and wallets every day to those in need. And we don’t ask if someone needy is legal or not. But that’s an individual decision and not a state-sponsored mandate.
And it isn’t just an American thing, people around the world do that every day and they do it without thinking about reward in this world or the next; they do it out of some inherent sense of herd survival or, maybe it’s a family of man thing. But somewhere, right now, someone is putting their life on the line for a stranger. People do that.
So yeah, when we see the face of an undocumented alien, the natural impulse is to help. Damn the law, help a fellow human being. Except from a practical view, it’s impossible to save everyone who needs saving. We can’t feed the world. We can’t succor the world. And if our sacrifices are too great, we won’t survive.
And while that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t try, it also means that if you don’t want to put your life at risk in moments of imminent danger, you shouldn’t have to. It is strictly voluntary.
And we have poor in this country. We have needy in this country. And we don’t need bleeding heart liberals who hire undocumented immigrants to clean their houses and raise their children (at bargain rates) to accuse us of being cold and uncaring of the plight of all the poor and needy who come streaming into our country illegally simply to find a better life.
And I don’t blame them for wanting to come here. Of course they want a better life. That’s why my ancestors came here. Hell, that’s why everybody’s ancestors came here.
But when the lifeboat is filled beyond capacity; when one more body will sink the boat and kill everyone aboard; when compassion goes beyond reason; then I suggest that the ‘bleeding heart liberals’ sacrifice themselves before asking that I give up my place in the boat.