Irony

Today seems to be surrounded with controversy. i did want to march and protest, for the thousands who are here illegally. They are breaking the law, but guess what, as legal citizens we do the same too, by jay walking, running lights, or littering, just to name a few.
i try to see both sides, only to better understand what i am grasping at for my own opinion. i had a friend here who was here illegally working, paying taxes and being taken advantage of by his employer. He would sometimes work overtime without receiving overtime, because that was the agreement, and it always bothered me.
i have also been thinking a lot of a way to remedy the situation, and that would be to help establish more work in Mexico, but it's always harder than it sounds. But there has to be a way to keep families together, and to grow the Mexican economy. Many leave because they can get more money here, and who can blame them? i don't.
About a month ago i read "the tortilla curtain", and it talked about illegal immigration and the lives it effects. i really want to see "a day without a Mexican".
i too am bothered by the harsh words of Christians who are not advocating for the foreigner in the land. Since when did the law of the land out weigh the law of God? i believe that we should respect the laws, but a felony for being an illegal worker, come on. We are a country based on immigrants many whom were illegal. If we take a real hard line view it will not miraculously make the undocumented workers mysteriously go away, it will only make their lives more dangerous. Let us advocate for them so they will not be abused.

Let us in a spirit of compassion and humanity recognize their hard work, and say thank you on a day that recognizes the worker be it legal or illegal.