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Three students attending Mountain View High School were ordered to leave the U.S. midway through the fall semester. School staff say it marks the first time in recent memory that any student had to leave the district because of involuntary deportation.
Assistant Principal Daniella Quinones confirmed to the Voice that three students enrolled in the district’s English Language Development program have left the school after immigration court judges ruled they had to leave the country. She said she was unaware of any students being arrested by ICE agents as part of the deportation proceedings, and that some of the cases had been ongoing for over a year.
“I have never witnessed student deportations before,” Quinones said. She said she was shocked when the first one happened. “Then the second one happened, then the third,” she said.
Despite serving some of the most affluent communities in the Bay Area, the Mountain View-Los Altos High School District is also home to high-needs students who have recently arrived in the country. The vast majority of the 50 students enrolled in remedial classes through the district’s English language development (ELD) department are recent arrivals from Central America, many of whom are seeking asylum, Quinones said. It’s a big change that has taken place in the district over the last five years.
Teens have had mixed success trying to get legal status, but it’s only part of the challenges they face, she said. On top of trying to overcome the trauma that caused them to flee to the U.S. in the first place — including gang violence, drugs or poverty — many of the students are still dealing with unstable housing, family separation and financial hardship in Mountain View.
“The types of services these students need are beyond academic support, they need mental health support, housing support, financial support,” Quinones said. “These students are facing tremendous adversities in coming to this country.”
A fourth Mountain View High student who may have been subject to deportation this year left voluntarily due to a sick family member in his home country, according to Quinones.
Traumatic pasts, heartbreaking moments
Recent arrivals with poor English skills are among the school district’s most challenging students to teach core academic subjects, as many are still trying to acclimatize to a new culture and a new language. The majority of the students have limited experience in a formal educational environment and have few — if any — transferable credits that can fulfill high school diploma requirements.
For the most part, the students are from countries including Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, with some hailing from Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, said Sarah Block, a longtime teacher and ELD instructor at Mountain View High. The students are often escaping trauma and violence in their home country and have seen “so much” at such a young age, she said. It’s clear that they want to distance themselves from that painful history and stake out a better opportunity for themselves.
“They’re here mostly voluntarily. They want to get out and improve their lives, their parents want them to have a better life, and they come to rigorous schools in our community,” Block said. “Some are ready to jump right in and others have never seen a computer before.”
Block has worked at Mountain View High since the 1990s and helped create the school’s Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program, and has been an ELD teacher for about 12 years. The recent arrivals, she said, are often coming to the school with educational gaps spanning months or even years, and may have trouble simply sitting through class for a full school day — let alone meeting the academic rigor of a high-performing school.
Block said she could not recall ever having a student being deported, much less three teenagers in the span of a few months. Seeing students when they realize they can’t stay at the school, whether because of deportation or unstable housing, is always a heartbreaking moment.
“We see such dedication on their part, trying to get an education here,” Block said. “And when students I’ve had realize that (they have to leave), you can almost see them giving up — just the weight on their shoulders, you can see it on their face and body language.”
School staff referred the students facing deportation to immigration legal support services provided by Services Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN), but it’s unclear how much help they received. Pro bono legal representation is limited, Quinones said, and families say hiring an immigration attorney can cost close to $10,000.
Priya Murthy, SIREN’s policy and advocacy director, said she couldn’t disclose whether the three Mountain View High School students and their families received legal services, citing client confidentiality. More broadly, she said the nonprofit has seen a spike in demand for all types of legal services, ranging from consultations to representation in immigration court proceedings in San Francisco, particularly an increase in the number of unaccompanied minors facing removal proceedings.
Many of those young clients are fleeing violence from their home countries in Mexico and Central America, she said, and recent changes in case law and federal immigration policies have made it increasingly difficult for them to remain in the U.S.
“There have been initiatives that the Trump administration has put in place in order to make the lives of unaccompanied minors more challenging, when it comes to trying to make sure that they are as safe and protected as possible,” Murthy said.
Every person seeking help from SIREN’s removal defense clinics can get legal consultation, but the increasingly intensive work required to manage each case is making universal representation in court an impossibility. While every case is different, she said the likelihood that teens facing deportation can stay in the country depends heavily on their age, when they left their home country and what kind of family ties they have in the U.S. that could justify staying. A family member legally residing in the area with a green card (permanent legal status) might help, she said.
Nowhere else to turn
The Mountain View High School families facing deportation came to school staff directly for help at various points during the fall, each with a level of desperation. They had an upcoming court date, were on the verge of being deported and needed representation, and simply didn’t know where else to turn. In all three cases, Quinones said they were well into removal proceedings, leaving her scrambling to call every legal advocacy organization she could think of. She eventually landed on SIREN, believing it was their best shot at getting help.
Last year, the school held an immigrant resource fair with a cheat sheet of all the legal resources available in Santa Clara County, which came in handy.
“I basically reached out to everyone on that list,” she said.
Concern over immigration status and deportation, while paramount for students trying to stay in the country, is just one of many challenges facing the district’s ELD students, Quinones said. She believes all 50 of the students classified as “ELD 1” or “ELD 2,” essentially teens with beginner and early intermediate English skills, are facing financial hardships and struggling to make ends meet. Many are feeling pressured to work to support their family on top of going to school, with some dropping out when they turn 18.
“They end up in an amazing community and a wonderful high school that has so much to offer them, yet at a really basic level they just need the basic needs that other students have and take for granted,” Quinones said. “Things like a family unit, a roof over their head, a stable income, or not having to work to contribute to pay the rent.”
Helping vulnerable students
The school has started initiatives aimed at alleviating some of the pressure, with the student Ambassadors Club launching what they’ve dubbed the “treasure closet,” Quinones said. It’s stocked with donated clothing, new winter jackets, toiletries and canned goods, which are set out in an unused classroom for needy students.
An entire team of staffers at Mountain View High is devoted to support students learning English, including an ELD coordinator and a therapist, who frequently find themselves helping families “in crisis,” whether it’s an impending deportation or a family being evicted from their home with no affordable place to stay.
Quinones recalled one instance when a family that was evicted, briefly staying in a homeless shelter before being placed into stable housing, approached the district with a conundrum — their new apartment had no beds. She said she reached out to school staff members and, with their help, managed to get three beds to the family within 24 hours.
“We had three different teachers who drove trucks to their apartment in Mountain View to donate beds to the family,” she said.
Anyone interested in assisting ELD students and their families can contact Quinones at daniella.quinones@mvla.net.
How is it O.K to not have any money to help pay for our own mentally ill,homeless people on our streets,U.S citizens, yet it is O.K to pay for services for people who come into our country by not following the laws to do it the legal way.
“The types of services these students need are beyond academic support, they need mental health support, housing support, financial support,” Quinones said. “These students are facing tremendous adversities in coming to this country.”
How were these students allowed to attend a public school without proper citizenship credentials, including a valid Social Security #? The parents knew they were breaking the law. We have lot’s of legal citizens in the neighborhoods needing help that are homeless for various reasons.
People think that education is free in America but it is not. America property owners pay taxes with is 44 percent more or less. So it’s ok to spend money on illegal aliens children when there are American children who need housing, mental health care and who have food insecurity. We have American vet that homeless what about their needs. The American taxpayers have to pay illegal immigrants health care because they can’t so we have. Some American children live in gang violence area so it is ok for them to live their?
For everyone commenting here with the unfortunately frequently seen bias against “illegals” and “non-tax payers”, allow me a brief introduction to our immigration system.
Although the article doesn’t state the specifics of the students for privacy reasons. there is a strong implication that at least some of the students involved were asylum seekers. Requesting asylum in this country is one of the LEGAL avenues some people have. You can’t always jump to the assumption that people are always breaking the law. Many people are fleeing horrible situations in their country and are actually trying to follow the legal paths. And often times those paths don’t pan out, as evidenced here.
This is why the sub-title of the article says “‘Heartbreaking’ news despite efforts to help families seeking asylum”
On the tax front. Being in this country without papers does not mean that one is not paying taxes. You don’t go to a store, buy gas, eat out, without paying sales tax. Not all US Citizens pay property tax, many rent and with those rents allow the property owners to pay their tax. Undocumented migrants can also be contributing to the taxed economy in many different ways, and very likely are.
This is a story about chidden, that facing tragic situations in their lives, attempted to a path to improvement and this path did not pan out (as our immigration system has many dead ends). This is not a story about free loaders abusing the system.
To all the folks commenting above (and everyone else) I highly recommend Open Borders_ The Science and Ethics of Immigration, an entertaining treatise in comic book form by Bryce Caplan, an economics professor at George Mason University. The book quite conclusively demonstrates that the average immigrant who comes here under the age of 25 actually brings enormous financial gains to the country they come to: $129,000 of economic gain for the average immigrant with a high school education. Even those without a high school education still bring an average economic gain of $35,000.
https://openborderscomic.com/
This notion that immigrants like these kids who were deported cost society money in the long term is factually FALSE.
This is a perfect example of a Rational structure (the system of laws) gone pathological. Children put through extreme trauma for a reason that actually harms society as well.
How ignorant can anyone be to believe that undocumented people do not pay any taxes? When they go to Starbucks or a gas station do they show their tax exempt card? When they work do they not pay into Social Security, medicare- for which they will NEVER get any benefit? Almost 50 billion dollars per year cannot be applied to an individual account. And Roofing and bottles of wine would double in price or left undone, and an orange would cost $4.00 if the framers could even find any labor the pick grapes or fruit. Wake up, do a little thinking, and a little research, on legitimate web pages, and for you Christians out there time to read Matthew 25. The least of my brothers!
@ transactional
What?
> taxes are for and to benefit the taxpayers
Where does it say that? If that is in the US Code, a whole lot of things have to change. Entire laws and structures could be imputed off of that statement.
Trump had years of paying no taxes, as have Exxon and Amazon, etc… Oh, yeah, this will be fun!
Since he doesn’t pat taxes, let’s sue Trump for his use of the commons as unpaid debts. Of particular interest: the freeloader impeached *president has abused our court systems for decades, let’s charge him!
Amazing how illiterate one is about economic and the impact of a tax.
“You don’t go to a store, buy gas, eat out, without paying sales tax. Not all US Citizens pay property tax, many rent and with those rents allow the property owners to pay their tax.”
So consumers pay sales tax (though store owners technically pay the tax) but renters “allow” landlords pay the property tax. Hilarious. You can’t make this stuff up.
There are dozens of different reports showing that the undocumented population in California cost the state many BILLIONS of $$$$$. Below is just one article.
“Illegal immigrants and their children cost the State of California a net $30.29 billion per year. This equates to $7,352 per illegal alien, or roughly 17.7 percent of California’s state budget.”
https://nationaleconomicseditorial.com/2017/02/21/costs-illegal-immigration-california/
I responded to that article, $$$$, when you posted it as “Gladys”, and you had no reply aside from yelling at me for posting here for years(?) so I’ll repost it here:
Did you really cite some random blogpost that uses the public school education of 1 million American citizens as a “cost of illegal immigration?” My goodness, the motivated reasoning of someone hell-bent on demonizing “illegals” is a wondrous thing.
I want to be sure to document somewhere that I tried to expand the “+” next to the comment by “Taxpayer” and accidentally liked it. But, as there is no option to “unlike”, must instead day this; I don’t like or support the comment- which is chock full of assumptions (that betray hateful ignorance) and typos.
@ Bankrupting,
You said,
“I responded to that article, $$$$, when you posted it as “Gladys”, and you had no reply aside from yelling at me for posting here for years(?) so I’ll repost it here:”
I see that you still do not know what you are talking about. I did not make any post in this thread that you mention.
To bad the Voice deleted your comments in the other article. Lunatics who rant and rave gets their comments deleted, like yours.
Gladys, do you not remember this article: https://mv-voice.com/square/2020/01/07/new-city-manager-picked-by-mountain-view-leaders
You posted that same random blogpost that uses the public school education of 1 million American citizens as a “cost of illegal immigration.” Did you forget that already? What was your weird post about posting for years all about?
If these comments are from Silicon Valley residents, a blue area, I hate to think what it would be like in a red state. Undocumented workers DO pay taxes. In addition they will take jobs that no flag waving US born citizen would even consider doing, labor intensive, back breaking work. We need these workers. These mean spirited comments are a reflection of our so-called leadership in DC. I hate what America has become.
Posted by Bankrupting
a resident of Waverly Park
on Jan 7, 2020 at 3:42 pm
[Post removed due to disrespectful comment or offensive language]
@Bankrupting,
Do you remember your rant that was deleted in that article? Copied above for your reference.
Do you know what copy and paste is?
Did you know anybody can do that? Like you just did.
If you want me to educate you further, I will have to bill you for it.
This continues to be one of the strangest interactions I’ve had on the internet. Given that you don’t want to respond in any meaningful way, I’ll let you have the last word here. Enjoy!
blog post – OH that NEE place? Let me see “National Economics Editorial” which their homepage notes is “America’s only defender of economic nationalism ,,,”
So, anyone following the web link above, like I did, will see WHY this particular internet site is just full of editorials of a certain political nature. Nationalism / or a certain kind.
I don’t know, like everyone else, how to solve the illegal movements across the border, and their implications for the rest of society. BTW, President Ronald Regan (who I used to completely Love to Hate as a UC Berkeley student) was the one who signed off on the first Illegal migration AMNESTY at the federal level. I think it provided a path to citizenship for millions of people continuing for many years after his Presidency. Bush and McCain were both part of a thwarted bipartisan effort to ‘rationalize’ the national immigration problem. That was KILLED by politicians like the current [southern Republican] leader of the Senate – and many Democrats, like the current leader of the House!
I’d wish for some sanity by both political parties – but I SEE NONE. Just as, unfortunately, I SEE almost NONE in these postings.
geeze
Most illegal immigrants are paid cash to work so they don’t pay taxes. What do know about their mental health illness? Do they have illnesses such as measles,TB,AIDS are any STD. I have read about illegal immigrants being here for 30 years and still don’t talk English. As a American property owner my property taxes get higher so that news schools are needed and more teachers classrooms are overcrowded so American children are left out because these illegal immigrants children can’t speak English and need all attention of the teachers to help them catch up
It is very good that these students were deported. As other pointed out above by others the economic costs of illegal immigration are very high. Advocating for enforcement of the law by deporting those unlawfully present is not xenophobic nor should anyone slander those who want to see the law enforced as illiterate.
Seems like a couple of details are (intentionally?) left out here.
I mean….was it the kids who were deported or their parents who illegally brought them here. Seems like a rather important distinction.
It is the old “I pay taxes” complaint … Mine is, “I pay taxes, unlike the temporary resident of the White House.”
I have a questions to ask. How well do you know any of asylum seekers/illegal immigrants? Are they drug dealers or drug users? Are they criminals? Are they sexual abuser, child sexual abuser? Are really here because of political /religious issues? Or because of jobs and the need for money? When they bring their kids here and don’t tell them that are here illegally is that not lying to them? Is it okay for some of the illegal immigrants use someone else social security number? I read that they didn’t know it was someone but they still use the number for jobs and they are not criminals.
Mike,
So you used the Trump playbook.
Scapegoating these individuals and without ANY EVIDENCE or DUE PROCESS proclaimed them as:
“Are they drug dealers or drug users?”
You have no evidence to even suspect this you said:
“Are they criminals?”
You have no evidence to even suspect this you said:
“Are they sexual abuser, child sexual abuser?”
You have no evidence to even suspect this you said:
“Are really here because of political /religious issues?”
IDK, but do you even have the right to ask that question? You said:
“Or because of jobs and the need for money?”
That is a good motivation, given that 3rd world countries are likely to have serious economic problems. Why not use our resources to prop up their economy and use them for cheap labor? Yo said:
“When they bring their kids here and don’t tell them that are here illegally is that not lying to them?”
Maybe it is because that knowledge will put incredible distress on a child. Would you do that to your children? You said:
“Is it okay for some of the illegal immigrants use someone else social security number?”
What evidence do you have to even suspect this? You said:
“I read that they didn’t know it was someone but they still use the number for jobs and they are not criminals.”
Again, there is no information to imply that the students had a fake SSN. Why are you even making these statements?
Thank you the business man so you don’t have any answers for my questions. So you know all the asylum seekers/illegal aliens to know that they are clean cut people. Yes they can be asked if are here for political/religion reason I don’t believe in both parties they con artists the lot of them.
“An entire team of staffers at Mountain View High is devoted to support students learning English, including an ELD coordinator and a therapist…”
Yet, no money for gifted and talented programs and generally no money for art, PE, music… they are funded through additional charitable contributions from people whose taxes are already supporting illegal students.
And we all know how the asylum loophole is being abused. So, asking for asylum does not guarantee you get to stay.
@Cathy. The undocumented people who cared for our elderly
Parent DO PAY TAXES. They are working hard to get green cards. They were referred to us Because they are experienced caring people who are more reliable, experienced Compassionate and trustworthy than the US born caregivers from an agency (who did the bare minimum). Take a drive thru Salinas, see the folks harvesting YOUR vegetables, how many Americans are working in those fields? Same for chicken processing plants that were raided by ICE. My guess ZERO. Americans are too soft to do these jobs.
You are asking if California is a red state. The answer is NO.
Because people are moving out of this deep blue hell hole and are moving to red states that do not have poop maps of cities, sidewalk tent encampments, handing out 400,000 free hypodermic needles to drug addicts every month like S.F, high taxes, anti business environment, horrible schools, better quality of life in red states, Sanctuary status for this state and cities where an illegal kills someone and will not be turned over to ICE for deportation, a thief can steal anything he wants up to $950 and the police and DA will not do a thing about it. Should I continue?
I sure hope that none of the commenters here posting about how they’re glad that people were deported identify as Christian, because y’all sure as hell aren’t living up to your prophet’s teachings. Perhaps it’s time to re-read Matthew 25 and pray for your soul, because if the comments here are any indication of what’s really lurking in your heart of hearts, well, then, for your sake, I truly hope your God is as forgiving as you claim Him to be. I am certain, however, that I am nowhere near as forgiving and as such am glad you are anonymous so that I don’t know which of my neighbors are such callous jerks.
This is really simple. They had their day in immigration court. They lost their asylum claims. They need to leave.
If we can’t respect the legal system when it decides that some migrants are not eligible for asylum then how can we respect the system when it gives asylum to qualified applicants? We either respect our laws or we don’t.
Trauma?
When I encounter a pathological lying, I often wonder if a psychological disorder is present. Psychopaths and narcissists are both pathological liars who target the kind hearted, the gullible and easily manipulated to be their flying monkeys.
“They” passed through many other countries on their journey to “escape trauma”.
If escaping trauma were the goal, why would they not choose a location that allowed them to do so but also allowed them to be closer to their families in their home countries? Why?
They were lured here with the promise of free stuff by the narcissistic elites
who pretend to care for them but
who really want to use them as tools to suppress the wages of blue collar workers
especially in the african american and latino communities.
The narcissists want to destroy the middle class and create an impoverished underclass of slaves who can barely afford to survive and are dependent upon their handouts so that to give them the narcissistic supply they desire as they virtue signal to each other.
And in Silicon Valley the narcissistic elites are succeeding in doing exactly that!
You are not fooling anyone narc.
We know who the real enemy is.
It’s always interesting to watch liberals. When the facts do not support their side and they are losing the argument, play the “God” card and try to shame people. Otherwise, “God” has no place in schools, on our currency,etc.
The Business man: so it okay to lie to children but truth come out when they become teenagers when they want their social security number to work or they want to get their drivers license. Or one or both parents get deported.
Playing the God card? First off I’m not a liberal, but believe whatever you need to feel safe.
But really, it’s always interesting to watch conservatives pick and choose when and where to apply the morals and values that they shriek about so much. Y’all bring up morality and legality when it benefits your arguments or lives, but merrily bend over and spread wide whenever your interests are better served by indulging in hypocrisy. This pattern is amply demonstrated throughout this thread.
@Rex,
Question: “Do Christians have to obey the laws of the land?”
Answer: Romans 13:1-7 states, “Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you. For he is God’s servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God’s servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience. This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing. Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.”
This passage makes it abundantly clear that we are to obey the government God places over us. God created government to establish order, punish evil, and promote justice (Genesis 9:6; 1 Corinthians 14:33; Romans 12:8). We are to obey the government in everything—paying taxes, obeying rules and laws, and showing respect. If we do not, we are ultimately showing disrespect towards God, for He is the One who placed that government over us. When the apostle Paul wrote to the Romans, he was under the government of Rome during the reign of Nero, perhaps the most evil of all the Roman emperors. Paul still recognized the Roman government’s rule over him. How can we do any less?
Federal law takes precedent over this issue. Under current law, illegal immigration is ILLEGAL! According to the bible, and as a following Christian, you have to obey the laws.
@ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
regarding your link to an NEE editorial:
Notes: National Economics Editorial (NEE) is a news site that purports to support Economic Nationalism. While NEE does cover some economic issues it is, as the name implies, mainly an editorial site. The opinions expressed in the stories cover current affairs with a pronounced right wing bias. NEE is, on the whole, long on rhetoric and short on factual content and credible sourcing. Due to the overt bias and lack of factual information, NEE is rated Questionable. (D. Kelley 3/29/2017)
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/national-economics-editorial/
Correction @Legal immigrant:
You’re right there are no “gifted and talented” classes at high schools (which is what this article is about, students in the high school district, which is different from the K-8 districts). There are Honors and Advanced Placement courses.
Also, there are 3 full-time music teachers at Mountain View High School whose salaries are paid by the district. Many high schools have 1 music teacher. The high schools music and PE programs, like other non-profit organizations, receive additional funding from parents and sponsorships.
“Playing the God Card” perfectly illustrates Christian nationalist sentiment, which is historically ignorant. A civics class and a reading of the Founders proves conclusively that our government authority is founded on consent of the governed, not on the authority of any gods. Your public display here of civic illiteracy and apparent drive for theocracy is an embarrassment to yourself and your education
@Christian fascism,
As you said,
“which is historically ignorant. A civics class and a reading of the Founders proves conclusively that our government authority is founded on consent of the governed, not on the authority of any gods.”
” Your public display here of civic illiteracy and apparent drive for theocracy is an embarrassment to yourself and your education.”
_______________________________________________________________________
Please educate yourself, there is nothing more offensive than falsely accusing someone of something they are not guilty of. You are entitled to your opinion, but not to make up Facts. Read my post. I made it clear that,
“God created government to establish order, punish evil, and promote justice (Genesis 9:6; 1 Corinthians 14:33; Romans 12:8). We are to obey the government in everything—paying taxes, obeying rules and laws, and showing respect.”
We the people elect people to run our government and they make the laws we all follow. ILLEGAL Immigrants have to follow these laws as well, like it or not.
Ummm — @Playing the God card — immigration specifics aside, when you protest allegations of christian nationalist or theocratic tendencies by quoting the bible in relation to government authority and the rule of law, you clearly don’t understand the critique. We follow the law because that’s our personal responsibility, not because of any biblical teaching, otherwise we might say that people of faiths other than yours could be exempt from your cited authority.
Zeus, Isis, Buddha, Horace, Vishnu and Thor are not feeling the love here, people, can’t we finally leave your gods out of this? It’s a legal issue, not a religious one, and last I checked there was a high wall of separation between these
I took issue when people use religion, out of context, to push a political agenda.
Example, Rex comments where,
“I sure hope that none of the commenters here posting about how they’re glad that people were deported identify as Christian, because y’all sure as hell aren’t living up to your prophet’s teachings”
He went on to say worse things, in a threatening tone.
People should not use religion, out of context, to push a political agenda, or to bash those who are religious.
Yes, this is a legal issue, no disagreement here. Leave religion out of this.
Being a legal immigrant who came to this country 10 years ago. I am proud to be an immigrant who has contributed >$1 million to the country and used non of the social security, government provided medical benefits or any free or subsidized education benefits.
The illegal immigrants are polluting the name of immigrants and hijacking the public opinion about immigration. They used resources we legal immigrants created for the public and make immigrants bear a bad name.
If you are a person who supports immigrants, support legal immigrants.
If you are against immigration, please focus your fire at illegal immigrants first.
Playing the God Card, you appear confused. That your holy texts command you to obey the law does not give you moral license to dehumanize, denigrate, or abuse those who have not followed the same path that you chose to. Read closely: you are commanded to offer compassion, charity, and forgiveness. In this your prophet does not stutter, yet somehow giving you the benefit of the doubt and presuming that you have been charitable, compassionate, or forgiving is just much too generous. You should spend more time worrying about your own moral failures than someone else’s rhetoric online. Let’s not meet.
I read were sale taxes are for it not for education.