By Michael Swickard - A real live hero lives in Albuquerque. This hero witnessed something bad about to happen to a young child and only had seconds to save the child. He did not hesitate to put himself in mortal danger in her rescue. Like others I want to say that Antonio Diaz Chacon is a fine human being and an exceptional credit to his country, Mexico. And therein is the problem. ADC is not in the United States with legal status even though he is married to an American and has a job as a mechanic. Oh, he does not have to worry very much about politicians calling for his deportation due to his lack of legal status. There is no one in Congress or the New Mexico government with the nerve to insist that the law of the land be followed. Is that good or bad that the law which is very specific cannot and or will not be followed? The problem is that our country is full of people who on the one hand proclaim: the United States of America is a nation of laws. It is one of the most said things about our country and in some people’s minds is what separates us from many other nations. But as soon as some people proclaim that this is a nation of laws then many of these same people say: but we only follow those laws we want to follow and we flaunt all other laws because we can. The founders of our country envisioned that we would follow the laws or change the laws but we Americans would not flaunt the laws.
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Swickard: Sort of a saga about an American hero
By Michael Swickard - A real live hero lives in Albuquerque. This hero witnessed something bad about to happen to a young child and only had seconds to save the child. He did not hesitate to put himself in mortal danger in her rescue. Like others I want to say that Antonio Diaz Chacon is a fine human being and an exceptional credit to his country, Mexico. And therein is the problem. ADC is not in the United States with legal status even though he is married to an American and has a job as a mechanic. Oh, he does not have to worry very much about politicians calling for his deportation due to his lack of legal status. There is no one in Congress or the New Mexico government with the nerve to insist that the law of the land be followed. Is that good or bad that the law which is very specific cannot and or will not be followed? The problem is that our country is full of people who on the one hand proclaim: the United States of America is a nation of laws. It is one of the most said things about our country and in some people’s minds is what separates us from many other nations. But as soon as some people proclaim that this is a nation of laws then many of these same people say: but we only follow those laws we want to follow and we flaunt all other laws because we can. The founders of our country envisioned that we would follow the laws or change the laws but we Americans would not flaunt the laws. Read column
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In Santa Rosa, CA, an hour north of San Francisco, a 22 y/o illegal immigrant with no driver's license is being held w/o bail for the hit and run death of a 4 y/o boy, who was crossing the street in a marked crosswalk with members of his family. The illegal immigrant had been cited twice previously for driving w/o a license, and had been told not to drive until an October court appearance only 5 days before the hit and run.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/23/BAKT1KQCNH.DTL&tsp=1
While it's certainly nice to have people such as ADC, what do we say to the families of people like 4 y/o Christopher "Buddy" Rowe? "Sorry, but we're waiting to see if they are heroes or villians before we make a decision."
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