Calling Sheriff Joe!

U.S. Immigration officials are making things nicer for illegal detainees waiting for hearings and/or deportation. They're going to provide them movies and bingo nights, continental breakfasts, access to self-serve beverages, fresh veggie trays, cooking and exercise classes, and holiday celebrations with family. No more jail uniforms, no more armed guards, no more razor wire fence. But there will be hanging baskets of flowers, new furniture, and new paint colors. They stress that this is only for those who have not committed a crime. Let's see, they're here illegally -- isn't that a crime?

In the meantime, they're trying to deport two sisters who were brought here as children and for 25 years have jumped through every hoop the INS has put in their way in attempts to obtain their legal papers. They've checked in when they were supposed to, filed all the paperwork, worked hard, and had children here. They are fine upstanding people married to American citizens, but if nothing changes, they're both being sent to Serbia before the end of July. I have a theory about that -- I think the Obama Administration is setting these women up as examples. When the public justifiably questions why these sisters are being deported, the Obamaites will scream -- "See, it's racial. You want the Mexicans deported, but not the white folks." And many ignorant people will jump on that bandwagon not being able to discern the vast differences in people who come here illegally, live off our tax dollars, and flaunt their illegal status and those who come here making every attempt to do things the right way, work hard, and abide by our laws.

Your tax dollars at work.

"Immigrants to get softer detentions." The Dallas Morning News; June 17, 2010; p. 1A.