Let the Sobbing Continue

For liberal America, the New Bedford immigration raid is the gift that keeps on giving. You'd think a 6-week old federal law enforcement action in Massachusetts would be old news by now, but the New York Times can't get enough of it. This one focuses on a husband - and illegal immigrant himself - of a woman who was deported after the raid, and father of two children, one born in Honduras and one in Texas and thus an American citizen. For humanitarian reasons, the husband was allowed to remain here to care for the children and stir up trouble. Hopefully, the wife is telling her sob story all over Honduras right now, discouraging others from coming up. Ironically, it appears that it's America's law and order that attracted the couple to sneak in here illegally.

Mr. Mancía said he and his wife had decided to leave their home in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, for their safety, because criminal gangs used the streets as a combat zone. Ms. Amaya’s sister was on a public bus returning from Christmas shopping on Dec. 23, 2004, when gang gunmen shot it up, killing her and 27 other passengers, he said.

Well why don't we just let in the entire country of Honduras then - everyone, of course, but those bad men who shot up the bus, at least all the cute little families. What harm could they do, anyway? At least until Mr. Mancia's grandkids start shooting up buses here because they're still working in factories for $7.50 an hour.