Murrieta has
that look of the Okies being turned away
Desperate
families fleeing the Dust Bowl to California’s dismay
Less than 90
years ago the residents stood up to the migration block
Their hearts
frozen, compassion for fellow Americans completely locked
Fast forward
to today and the scene in Murrieta is pretty much the same
Only here
there is no Dust Bowl and no Great Depression to blame
The mode of
transportation is not jalopies loaded down with possession to the gills
Barely
moving, steam out of the radiators, tires so bald they look ready to kill
No, today
sleek modern buses loaded with kids to in this town be dumped and released
Behind them
more potential buses as the flow across the border does not seem to decrease
Passions are
running high, lots of flag waving, yelling and even some spits
This move to
violence over whether the illegals should be deported needs to quit
Worse the news
is that maybe the Minutemen are on the march to the border secure
That’s a
recipe for violence and will this crisis not even come close to cure
This protest
in Murrieta was not a World Cup game being played on California soil
Why were
Mexican flags being waved to support an open boarder as passions boiled?
Whatever happened
to one flag, one nation from many nations of many races and creeds?
Whatever
happened to the melting pot assimilation we desperately need?
As our
President dithers without any plan other than for 4 billion dollars for lawyers
and judges to spend
With little
if any for more agents so this influx has a chance to quickly end
Amend the
law so all aliens, border and nonborder, are treated exactly the same
Deportable
if caught, not released on a promise to appear so we can have a border in fact rather
than only in name.
© July
10, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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