I was reading up on Ken Schram's commentaries and I ran across two he did about Manuel Jesus Cordova.  In them, he detailed the story of this guys deportation and how the conservatives were essentially cold hearted bastards.

While his comments are grossly over generalized, he is essentially correct.  It is the anti illegal immigration people, which is not exclusively conservatives who are being a bit short sighted, but besides that, though it galls me, I agree with him.

The story starts in Mexico where Manual began his trek to enter the USA illegally.  After walking for two days he came across a 9 year old boy.  The boy, Christopher Buztheitner, had been in a car accident where his mother was killed.  Stranded, he was wandering looking for help when it found him, in the form of Manuel.

Manuel had a choice.  He was a relatively short walk to freedom, and he could have left the boy, who could have died.

He chose a higher path.  He stayed, gave the boy his sweater and fed him, then built a campfire, and as the boy slept, kept watch over him throughout the night.  They were found there by hunters late the next day.

The boy was taken to a hospital and Cordova was sent back to Mexico.  Read more here.

Those are the basic facts in the case.  Ken noted that the conservatives gloated that Manuel should have been deported, as that is the law, and I might normally agree as I am pro enforcement of immigration law.

But I have to say that I think if anyone deserved a chance to stay, he was a prime candidate. 

Look at it this way:  he had a choice and chose humanity.  As he put it:

"I am a father of four children. For that, I stayed. I never could have left him. Never."

He didn't make a calculated choice hoping for reward, he knew his choice would doom him to likely deportation.  He did it anyway because he know it was the right choice.

Isn't that the type pf person you would want as a neighbor?  As a coworker?  A person who would sacrifice his own ambitions for the life of a child? 

Sorry to tug the heart strings, but honestly, that is how I see it.

Now what I don't like seeing is the left's gloating about the humanity of immigrants, like this story.

I don't think that the people trying to come here are lacking in compassion.  Sure, they are committing an obvious crime to come here, and that has to be recognized, but that does not in itself mean they are cruel inhuman people.  They are like most anyone who is trying to survive in an often unfair world.

And I agree that perhaps if the rules to get a visa were more friendly, many would come here legally.

But many are criminals who come here and commit crime, and if we laud him for his bravery and compassion, we have to likewise admit the possibility that others might have left the boy to die to protect their chances.  The fact that California's prison population is 1/3 illegal alien speaks volumes.

So that means that we should not make any blanket generalization about the people coming here, we should evaluate them according to their actions and choices, as we do everyone else.  The criminal illegals who have made the news so much lately do not deserve the the chance to be here.

Manuel does.  I know many are trying to get him a visa, and he is worthy of it frankly.  Yea, I know, he is cutting to the front of the line.  Oh well.

He earned it.

But let's keep it in perspective.  He is not a poster child for amnesty and loosening enforcement.  He is however an example of why we need to reform the visa process so we can more easily allow those who are a benefit to society in.

Just my 2 cents worth. 

Someone else's 2 cents:

For I was hungry, and you fed Me. I was thirsty, and you gave Me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited Me into your home. I was naked, and you gave Me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for Me. I was in prison, and you visited Me. (Matt 25:35-36)