Selflessness
My good friend, Christa, recently sent me this article on an undocumented border crosser who gave up all he had gained by successfully making the journey across the border in favor of helping a nine year-old boy who had just been involved in a car accident. As the boy’s mother lay dying in the car, the man stayed with the boy all night long offering comfort and reassurance. When help arrived, the man was taken into custody by border patrol. Of course. I was very touched and honestly believe that this is the norm, not the exception. If you haven’t yet read Sandra Nazario’s book, Enrique’s Journey, and heard about all of the generous people out there, you should really go pick up a copy and learn about the human side of immigration.
November 29th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Thanks for the shout-out. I agree - most undocumented immigrants are looking for a better life, to make money to send to their families, or bring their families here - can’t do that in jail. Plus, I’d be willing to bet that children are easier targets in Mexico, so why would pedophiles make that kind of grueling journey for American kids?
This is a good man, and I’d like to think he’d be rewarded for his caring, but probably not by the U.S. government.
November 29th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
You’re definitely right about the pedophilia issue. I would even bet that men here (majority of pedophiles in the U.S. are caucasian males) go to Mexico and Central America to find victims because down there rape is seen as less of a “real” crime. Although homosexuality is shunned, so I’m not sure how a community would react to a pedophile in their midst. Hard to say.