So, Ms. Arellano decided to be a responsible madre and is taking care of her son; what a concept!!! Oh wait, I know, it was the fault of various US governement agencies that she was not able to perform her parental duties in a satisfactory manner; her son was being kept somewhere in Area 51 no doubt.

Maybe so Meagan, but from my perspective it was a fairly clear case of aiming the gun at one’s own foot, and pulling the trigger. Sorry but my personal impression is that she is full of baloney; it was her choice to leave the US without her her son. That is not judgemental, that is the cold, hard, truth.

Mira mi hermana, sometimes choices are simple. We are not talking Schindler’s list here, this was not a life or death matter for Ms. Arellano, it was quite simply “should I take my son, or leave him behind?” “Should I give my son the love, and guidance that only a mother can give him, or should I trust someone else to take care of my boy?” Yes, it was a simple choice!

As you wish, no disrespect intended, I must humbly ask your forgiveness for causing offence. It appears that you and I will have to agree to disagree, in a civil manner if you please. I may not be a woman, or an undocumented worker, but I am active duty military, with many years of service, and many deployments under my belt. The deployments left me no choice when it came to leaving my family behind, my choice of duty stations did. I never chose to go anywhere unaccompanied. I have no sympathy for Ms. Arellano, she consciously chose to leave her child behind to make a political statement. If you wish to empathize with her because you believe in your heart that her cause is just, you are welcome to do so, but please don’t assume that I have never faced similar choices. By the way, you made comments about the Holy Mass being celebrated in Spanish; I will assume that you are Catholic. Doesn’t the Church teach us that we are all brothers and sisters in Christ even when we disagree?

Louis, first of all as I pointed out, the word paisano is not just Spanish, second of all, if you had taken the time to read my posts you would know that I do not disagree with everything here; the laws of probability dictate against it. If you must know I read because it piques my interest, and are you saying that I should only read or post if I agree with everything here? Now that is a crazy concept! And since you like stoop to disrespect, merely because I may not agree with you, allow me to point out that you should not come to a battle of wits without a weapon.