I just read about a man that was deported after having been here for twenty five years. He was married to a citizen, had children and is retired from the Ford motor company. Very sad. The article didn't go into specifics as far as the legal aspects of the case went. I have always been under the impression if you married a citizen that you were automatically granted citizenship. Of course I realize that is the way it works in the movies but that doesn't mean there isn't more involved than that. I would expect there are forms to be filled out, applications filed, and a fee to be paid. We are, after all, talking about the government. Why this person doesn't have his citizenship papers I can't say and so won't speculate on that. Whatever the reason he was deported.
I can certainly empathize with the family, what a terrible thing to have happen. I seriously doubt that it was completely unexpected, the government doesn't do anything that quickly. There must be more to the story. I'm not going to pretend to pick up his cause and fight government oppression. I don't believe our government is without compassion. Surely there is some avenue this man can take to regain entry into the country. Hopefully it is just a matter of paperwork.
Immigration is the hot topic these days, along with legalizing pot. The big argument for both is based in compassion and morality. The problem with that is that government ( law ) can not define either. That is the reason behind the separation of church and state. The Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion , etc, etc. It was known, even in 1791, that morals and compassion stem from faith, or a lack of it. It is for that reason we can not govern based solely on compassion, or feelings as I like to call them. Compassion and morality are completely subjective things based on the current trends in a society. Laws are strict, defined parameters delineating acceptable actions or inaction's. It is true that our laws may come into conflict with current moral attitudes, but attitude does not change the law. You can not govern based on feelings ! You can only govern based on fact. The law is a fact. You may disagree with the fact, but the fact remains. There are no exceptions to fact. We may indeed change the fact , establishing a new fact, but then we are subject to that fact. A fact can't be sometimes. It either is or it isn't. A fact can never be overruled by a feeling. Fact, in this scenario, being the law. It is also the reason we have so many lawyers. In English law they are called solicitors. This being America we like to change the names of things to disguise what it really is. A solicitor pleads for compassion and leniency, or to get a fact changed. Sounds better calling them lawyers. Like an undocumented immigrant and an illegal alien, same thing just a different name. One is the correct legal term, the other sounds better, showing compassion.
There is a new morality for many. As long as I decry how compassionate and moral I am, or recognize you to be, I can pretty much justify anything. The law ( fact ) takes a back seat. I'm a crusader for justice. I will end the suffering of the entire human race ! What is justice ? I submit a major component in this thing we call justice is the administration of the law. That can only be accomplished by impartial application of the law. In short, you can't let your feelings interfere with fact. Governments deal with fact. Government may show compassion but they shouldn't rule by it. The truth is, a government has a moral obligation to act in this fashion.
I can certainly empathize with the family, what a terrible thing to have happen. I seriously doubt that it was completely unexpected, the government doesn't do anything that quickly. There must be more to the story. I'm not going to pretend to pick up his cause and fight government oppression. I don't believe our government is without compassion. Surely there is some avenue this man can take to regain entry into the country. Hopefully it is just a matter of paperwork.
Immigration is the hot topic these days, along with legalizing pot. The big argument for both is based in compassion and morality. The problem with that is that government ( law ) can not define either. That is the reason behind the separation of church and state. The Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion , etc, etc. It was known, even in 1791, that morals and compassion stem from faith, or a lack of it. It is for that reason we can not govern based solely on compassion, or feelings as I like to call them. Compassion and morality are completely subjective things based on the current trends in a society. Laws are strict, defined parameters delineating acceptable actions or inaction's. It is true that our laws may come into conflict with current moral attitudes, but attitude does not change the law. You can not govern based on feelings ! You can only govern based on fact. The law is a fact. You may disagree with the fact, but the fact remains. There are no exceptions to fact. We may indeed change the fact , establishing a new fact, but then we are subject to that fact. A fact can't be sometimes. It either is or it isn't. A fact can never be overruled by a feeling. Fact, in this scenario, being the law. It is also the reason we have so many lawyers. In English law they are called solicitors. This being America we like to change the names of things to disguise what it really is. A solicitor pleads for compassion and leniency, or to get a fact changed. Sounds better calling them lawyers. Like an undocumented immigrant and an illegal alien, same thing just a different name. One is the correct legal term, the other sounds better, showing compassion.
There is a new morality for many. As long as I decry how compassionate and moral I am, or recognize you to be, I can pretty much justify anything. The law ( fact ) takes a back seat. I'm a crusader for justice. I will end the suffering of the entire human race ! What is justice ? I submit a major component in this thing we call justice is the administration of the law. That can only be accomplished by impartial application of the law. In short, you can't let your feelings interfere with fact. Governments deal with fact. Government may show compassion but they shouldn't rule by it. The truth is, a government has a moral obligation to act in this fashion.
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