I note that a group of “workers” has been arrested because they have entered our country illegally.  I do not ever remember seeing groups of rich people arrested for entering our country illegally.  I fear that if you are poor and desperately want to work, have to work and came here to enjoy the welcome on the base of the Statue of Liberty that welcomes the “refuse” of foreign shores – the same welcome that a number of Americans whose ancestors did just that, are happy with the round-up.

The rules do not apply equally to everybody.  I think everyone realizes this.  Our democracy is not perfect and if it is inconsistent and sometimes makes mistakes, in the main it still is good for everyone.  Yet, the injustice that continually hovers over the treatment of Haitian “refugees” continues while barbarous rules are enforced for Cubans saying that reaching land makes one acceptable while snared at sea sends them home to certain death or imprisonment.

The rules do not apply equally to everybody as long as each has received part of the hope and promise of America.  What is evident is that Unionists (who used to vote Democrat) are angry with workers who “take away their jobs”. This is displaced anger as the jobs that illegals take are jobs no American wants or is willing to accept for the lowest of pay without any benefits.  The jobs that illegals accept gratefully carry no rights under our system so they have no recourse or defenders.  They are rounded up for deportation partly on suspicion that they are terrorists but mainly because they want to share some of the promise America still holds out to the world.

Our reputation is eroding around the world except for those willing to sail, swim or crawl under fences to come here.  They are sometimes smuggled into the country and literally die to get here. The disparity between the rich and poor cannot be clearer than in the life journey of the rich playboy and the impoverished job seeker.  We reward the rich and punish the poor, once again.

If we find a terrorist, we usually discover an ideologue whose middle-class upbringing prevented him from the ennobling experience of working with one’s hands to earn daily bread. Terrorists are not poor Haitians, desperate Cubans or Mexican farm workers.  We have a system favoring the lucky and punishing the luckless.

Our policy is to let some eat cake while some American workers lose their jobs and aspiring Americans are prevented from staying here. Why are the rules not applied equally to everyone?