Random Political Commuter Griping

As regular readers know, I am fairly ambivalent about the whole illegal immigration issue, leaning somewhat toward sympathy for the immigrants. After all, it's not as if people were advocating the legalization of murder or rape. Instead, a whole bunch of people coming out of craphole Central and South American countries want to come to the United States for a better life. Hell, if I lived in Mexico, I'd want to do the same thing.

On the other hand, I fully understand all the concerns about security, control of the flow, insisting that people respect and obey the law, etc. And I think it's perfectly fair to demand of people that if they want to come to this country they should be expected to adopt and play by its cultural rules. (For example, I've always had sympathy for the English language Constitutional Amendment movement.)

So as you can see, I'm somewhere in the middle on all of this. The issue is trying to do the right thing for the greatest number of people. (BTW, at this point, I'm discounting the more hysterical fears about the impending Reconquista of the southwestern states.)

But by God, if you want to lose my support, go ahead and hold a massive rally while I'm trying to make my way home. I have never seen the streets of downtown Dee Cee this crowded before. By the time I got to Metro Center, the police weren't letting anybody into the station (at least at the 12th and F Street entrance) so I had to hike up to McPherson Square. And even there, I just managed to squeeze onto a train. I loathe crowds. And I especially loathe then in enclosed spaces. Grrrrrr.

So I guess if you want to bend my ear with an argument about how we should seal the borders, this might be a good time for it.