Justice Sotomayor's Big Adventure


It all started quite innocently.  I had kicked back on the sofa and was taking a quick siesta.  I moved beyond the Theta spindles of sleep into REM sleep which is a hall of mirrors for my brain.  I was standing at my favorite hot food counter at a Mexican restaurant three blocks from my home.  

"Necesito un plato combinado.  Quiero el chicharron en salsa verde, rajas con queso, frijol y arroz, por favor!"

There was a tap on my shoulder. A voice behind me cackled,  "Were you speaking Spanish?"  Without turning around I said, "Hey there, Spartacus!  I was speaking Cantonese and am from the Guangdong Province in China."  Turning around,  I was confronted with a 350 pound lesbian ICE agent with a dirty ponytail and a shiny new badge. I considered my options.  If she sat on me, she could easily rupture my spleen.  But I could probably asses-and-elbows beat her out the door.  The scene from "Silence of the Lambs" flashed through my mind.

Fortunately, I awakened from my entertaining slumber.  And I immediately knew why the dream-like state was accompanied by screams of, "La Migra!  La Migra!", in the background.  Trust me.  I should never read ANYTHING, prior to resting.

In writing her dissent for the SCOTUS ruling today, Justice Sotomayor had this to say:

'We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job,'

Talk about a dirigible of thought that should have floated right out of her 'noggin before she actually wrote it down.   Archives are forever.  Not only was it an obtuse thought, but the primary consideration given was that of her own cultural heritage and native tongue.  She didn't keep the blindfold on.

Two hundred and twenty-four languages are spoken in Los Angeles County.  Only New York boasts a greater multi-lingual vibrancy.  And last week's immigration raid rounded up 475 South Korean illegal aliens working at the Hyundai plant in Georgia.  It is doubtful any of them spoke Spanish; but they all speak the language of legal fraud.  Many had entered our nation on tourist visas, overstayed their non-working visas, and taken jobs which belong to the citizens. They are thieves.

This is not about Spanish.  If so, arrest me.  This is not about being a "Latino".  If so, arrest my brother-in-law from Mexico who obtained his U.S. citizenship years ago.  He is a proud American.  

This is about one thing:   "Tienes papeles?"


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15077897/supreme-court-donald-trump-immigration-los-angeles.html

https://strommeninc.com/how-many-languages-are-spoken-in-los-angeles/


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