Read this amazing story. While illegally sneaking into the United,States across the Mexican border, Manuel Jesus Cordova Soberanes stumbled across a severe automobile accident. A mother, and her 9 year old boy, ran off the road and over a cliff in a remote area near the border. The mother was killed, though the young child survived.Manuel found the child wandering near the crash site. A father of four, the illegal immigrant knew his duty. He provided him warmer clothing, food & sweets, and when night came he then built a bonfire, and the two hunkered down. The boy slept most of the night; Cordova kept watch and tended the fire.
Fourteen hours later, a group of hunters found the pair and called for help. U.S. Border Patrol agents took Cordova into custody, and Christopher was flown to a hospital in Tucson.
Cordova said he wanted to come to the United States to earn money to feed his four children, who live with their mother, and help support his girlfriend's three children [OK, so there is a limit to his virtue]. " He said that even though his trip was thwarted, he is glad to be back home and wishes Christopher the best. "I hope he has a good life," he said.
OK, I have to part company with you on this one. No matter how pure his motives, or what acts of kindness he performed while committing a crime, ultimately he is breaking the laws of our nation.
ReplyDeleteAn appropriate analogy might be someone who robbed a bank to feed his family, and on the way to his escape helped a homeless person in need with some food and warm clothes. While his motivations may be in the right place (caring for his family) and he performed an act of charity (helping the person in need), I don't think that the individual would be spared jail time, nor should they be.
The small part of me that is a "bleeding heart liberal" tends to works itself out once in a while....... :o).
ReplyDeleteProbably comes from listen to NPR too much!