Deported couple ‘broke the law’
THE IJ’s Nov. 15 editorial about the Novato family deported to Guatemala was filled with sympathy for the family that was deported, but short on explaining the big picture regarding immigration in America.
The Mejia-Perez couple broke the law by entering our country illegally and then broke it again by working here illegally. Those facts are not mitigated by how long they have lived here or how many children they have had since they arrived.
And, the immigration system isn’t “broken.” What has been broken since the early ’90s has been the commitment by government at all levels to secure our borders and enforce our immigration and employment laws. The U.S. government could secure the border, it doesn’t want to.
The U.S. has two immigration policies, one official, the other unofficial.
Harold
