"Jesus Manzo Ceja walked out of his Napa home before 6 a.m. Wednesday intending to move his truck from a spot where he worried it might get towed. Instead he found immigration officers waiting for him in the dark with a warrant for his arrest.
Now the 55-year-old construction worker and father of three — who came to the U.S. nearly 30 years ago but never gained legal status — faces potential deportation to his native Mexico, according to family members.
They wonder if an arrest nearly 15 years ago caught up to Manzo Ceja amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and this week’s big Northern California sweep, which ended Wednesday. They also worry about other undocumented family members being arrested, including Manzo Ceja’s wife, 54-year-old Guadalupe Manzo."
As stated in the excerpt above, Mr. Ceja came to this country--illegally--as an adult, but failed, over the course of thirty years, to seek the path to citizenship. As a result, both he and his family are targeted by ICE,...and he is somehow a victim?! Just how is a man, who chose for three decades to avoid obtaining his citizenship, a victim? His choice to enter the United States illegally was wrong. He knew it, he knows it and he is making his family suffer the consequences of his choices. Additionally, why is the media portraying Mr. Ceja's lack of personal responsibility as if he were an innocent? His choices led him and his family to this juncture. His lack of responsibility placed him in this position, and when Immigration officials caught up to him, he is somehow a victim.
The same goes for any illegal immigrant. They break the laws of the United States by entering without permission, then cry foul when they get caught.
Here's a mind-boggling idea... how about all these illegal immigration advocates, instead of coddling those who choose to enter the US illegally, then hide fearfully in the shadows, that these groups put their time, efforts and monies into foreign programs that educate potential immigrants on how to obtain LEGAL entry into the United States, and place themselves onto the path to citizenship? That way, no one enters illegally, and they have no need to hide from authorities for fear of deportation.
I know...that's a crazy thought, right?
As I have stated in previous posts on this issue, I am all for immigration into the United States. Except for Native Americans, we are all immigrants (or descendants of immigrants) to this great country. It is the differences of cultural backgrounds that have made the US such a vibrant melting pot of thoughts and ideas. However, the immigrants who choose to ignore the sovereign laws of our country should fully expect to be deported when immigration official catch up to them.
Thanks to now former King Obama, illegal immigration in the name of 'humanitarianism' allowed millions more non-citizens to quite literally take OUR tax dollars because, as King Barry alleged, these illegal immigrants had "rights" that actually took precedence over citizens of the country he [supposedly] led. Programs, meant to benefit US citizens during hard economic times, are being drained to the tune of $361 BILLION every single year so that illegal immigrants can be given taxpayer funded foods, housing, education, medical coverage etc! $361 BILLION of OUR benefits!
How any supposed advocate for illegal immigration can stomach that number, knowing the real cost not only to taxpayers, but actual citizens of the United States who need those resources; well, that mindset is completely lost on me. Placing the well-being of Americans behind that of illegal immigrants is blatantly wrong...and frankly, incomprehensible.
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