Meetings offer advice on legal documents, custody, bail money.....

      I was doing my usual early morning thing taking my time going through some of the local newspapers. I came across another article that might be of interest to others besides myself. Sometimes it just boggles the mind how these things can even be happening, but I assure you they are.

     "Frightened by raids last year at six Swift & Co., plants, illegal immigrants in the nations's meatpacking towns are preparing for their possible arrest."
      Ummm, can someone tell me how do you prepare for a potential arrest?  If you must be concerned about such matters, then could it be you already know what you are doing is not right? Could it be that in your conscience you already are aware that perhaps you have broken some laws, LIKE CROSSING THE BORDER, do you think??
     "For years, immigrant advocacy groups had been confident the meatpacking giants were so powerful that immigration agents would never raid them.
     But since the December 12, 2006 sweeps at Swift plants in six states, immigrant advocacy groups have been holding workshops and teaching illegal workers how to prepare for arrest. They have been advised on such things as drawing up legal documents so someone could care for their children and handle their financial affairs."
     "In addition, the United Food and Commercial Workers union has printed a bilingual kit it plans to distribute nationwide to immigrant workers in the coming weeks. The kit includes practical information, legal documents and sample letters."
     I realize that this does become a little confusing at times, but let us just get one thing straight okay?  Immigrants in this country have nothing to worry about. The ones who do have something to worry about are the illegal immigrants, who came from who knows where and decided they were going to live here.
     "Among those making preparations since attending a workshop is the family of a forty three year old man who works under a false identity at the National Beef plant in Liberal, Kansas. Two of his four children, ranging from ages four to eighteen were boen in the United States where hw has lived on and off for twenty one years."
     Gee, let me guess?  He not only snuck into this country on his own, but then stole someone's identity to make his own? Never giving it a second thought as to his ruining someone else's life because he stole someone's identity?  Complete disregard for the person's name he was so willing to steal to keep himself here and find work to provide for his family. 
     I am suppose to feel sorry for him and others like him? I think not. The person who had his identity stolen has probably been suffering ever since, but I guess that is okay, right? We are not suppose to feel sorry for this person, right?
     Now, out of the goodness of their hearts, Banks want to help by issuing credit cards to people who have no identity??? When they find these credit cards all used up and in the nearest trash bucket, who is going to be stuck paying the debt????