Recently hero father Manuel Jesus Cordova Soberanes gave up his attempt to come to the United States and instead turned himself over to the Border Patrol, all to save the life of a injured nine-year-old American boy.
Cordova found the boy wandering in the Arizona desert after the boy’s mother was killed in a car crash on Thanksgiving Day. Cordova, who was promptly deported, was a noble good Samaritan–to learn more, see my recent blog post Illegal Immigrant Hero Father Deserves Medal and Visa, not Deportation.
The Mexican consulate in Nogales is trying to obtain a short-term visa for Cordova so he can come to Arizona and be recognized for his actions. I suggested instead that the US government should send him a legal permanent Visa and invite this hero to come to the US. I noted, “The next time you hear some immigrant-basher refer to ‘those f***ing Mexicans,’ think of Manuel Jesus Cordova Soberanes.”
(I do understand and respect critics of immigration who say “yes, we can understand why people from poorer countries would want to come here for a better life, and we sympathize, but we do need to do something to control immigration”.)
Most readers were very supportive of Manuel Jesus Cordova Soberanes, but any discussion of immigration invariably brings forward a few racists, and this was no exception. One commenter wrote:
“Who’s to say the crash most likely happened when the poor woman lost control trying to avoid one of these criminal vermin, resulting in her death? Look, it’ nice that he stayed and did the right thing while the other cowards took off and fled but he is an illegal thief breaking the law and needs deportation. I say we don’t bust his head in with a baseball bat like we should to the rest of them as we kick their worthless asses out.”
Kelly, a Native American long-time reader of mine, wrote back a scathing remark which merits a post:
“Wow, these comments make me proud to be an American sometimes, sort of. I am a Native American. Let me tell you what I think of you pathetic immigrant bashers. You and your families have no right to be here. You are the descendents of liars, thieves, and genocidal murderers. Your ancestors have no honor. We gave you help, food and shelter when you needed it, and guided Lewis and Clark across the continent. In return, you broke every promise you ever made, shot us in back whenever you could, cut down the forests, killed the wildlife, and stole everything that was not nailed down.
“Laws, treaties, boundaries, borders, and promises meant nothing to you if you thought that, as a white man, you deserved to have it. Gold on our sovereign land, here comes the white man! Shortcut to the West, we don’t need to pay any damn Indians no damn toll fees. There is very little moral difference between your ancestors’ actions and some gang member who is helping himself to your grandma’s wallet. A squatter is a squatter. So I tell you squatters to get off your high horse. Unlike your ancestors, Mr. Soberanes didn’t murder anyone while he was here.”
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