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This is in response to Carter Rawlings’ article on Aug. 27, (“It’s sad, but he should have known it was going to happen”).
Illegal Immigration has a powerful subject in this country since Sept. 11, 2001. This tragic event not only changed our lives in general but it also has made us question our principles and beliefs. It has somehow made everyone who is not an American citizen our enemy.
9-11 has made us aware that even though we still live in the greatest nation in the world, we are not exempt from the doom that other counties have always excepted as a way of life.
All of this is understandable. What is not understandable however is the insensitivity towards those less fortunate. Yes, a lot of mistakes have been made throughout the years regarding illegal immigrants. No, I do not know what the solution is but I do know that everyone that comes here comes here for a chance of a better life.
There are illegal immigrants who have and will continue to commit crimes here. Everywhere in the world there is good and evil. Folks should be held accountable for wrongdoings.
The punishment should fit the crime, however. What I have been leading up to is the deportation of Serge Babo. He was so very young when he was brought to the U.S.A. The person who brought him here abandoned him and left him to fend for himself.
So, we have a young man from another country, who has no family here with him, having to make life changes yet again. Who in that situation would not have made mistakes? He was brought to the U.S.A .and got a taste of what freedom and really good living is.
Why would he choose to go back? Frankly, why should a young man have to go back? This was not his decision in the first place. He should in no way have to reap the consequences of decisions in which he had no control. He came here, made mistakes, and lived as we do.
Trying to imagine his way of thinking, I have come to the conclusion that he risked being here illegally wanting to live the American Dream for as long as he could. That is his only crime. He is not a hardened criminal. He is not a lazy worthless bum. He is a hard-working, tax paying, dedicated husband and father who only wanted for his family what he did not have.
Now, in fairness to Mr. Rawlings, Serge did do wrong. Maybe he should have had to do community service or something in that line, but in this case, the punishment did not fit the crime.
Carolyn Weigle
Short Gap, W. Va.
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In Serge Babo’s case, the punishment didn’t fit the crime
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