a story

I’m going to tell you a story. 

You don’t have to believe it, it is just a story.

It happened a long time ago.

It’s a story about an alien in this country, illegally. 

This alien was involved in organized crime.

He was involved in the most famous break in in US History.

The job got botched, but he got away.

The other guys weren’t so lucky.

A couple of months later, he married an American citizen.

This let him legally get a green card.

Over the next thirty or so years he did lots of other bad things.

Some big.

Some small.

He did some good things too.

Then he retired.

Eventually he got sick and one day he died.

(He never did get his citizenship).

But you know what?

He didn’t come from Mexico.

And your stupid wall wouldn’t have stopped him from coming in.

The wall is racist and xenophobic. 

It’s a waste of taxpayers’ money so that we can put on a show.

Why don’t we staff our Embassies, fund our schools, and enforce our laws instead?