Blacks have something to say about illegal immigration too, but does anybody care?
By: Keli Goff | theLoop21.com (Add to your loop)
Mon, 06/27/2011 - 2:25am
Mon, 06/27/2011 - 2:25am
Jose Antonio Vargas (pictured) contributes to America, but is an illegal immigrant. Should he be allowed to stay?
There have been a number of times in which I’ve been proud of my mom, but I don’t know that I’ve ever been more proud than the day I told her that a dear friend, was here in the U.S. illegally.
When I confided that Jose Antonio Vargas, a terrific journalist and all around great human being, was the illegal immigrant in question my mom’s first response was, “how can I help? I mean could I adopt him or something?”
Her reaction nearly brought me to tears, and Jose too when I shared it with him. You see illegal immigration is a subject I’ve never written about, in part because my own feelings about the subject are complex, and I knew her feelings about the subject were complicated as well. But ultimately her compassionate response, and our conversation that followed, made it crystal clear to me that there has been a real failure in our country when it comes to the issue of comprehensive immigration reform.
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