Illegal Immigrant Rescues Lost Boy in Desert (Mother Killed in Car Accident

AP ^ | 11/23/07 | Terry Tang

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Is this guy eligible for enlistment in the Armed Forces? If so he could take that path to citizenship. You want people in the Army who are fit enough to walk into the US from Mexico, and have enough character to be trusted with military weapons.

[stephenjohnbanker]

BS

[ricks_place]

If you do something illegal - You are A CRIMINAL!!!

Crossing the border illegally is not necessarily a crime. US Code Title 8 Sec. 1325 calls for civil penalties under various circumstances. Usually a crime is an act which subjects the perp to imprisonment.

[norton]

A lone woman, with her 9 year old, from north of Phoenix; goes camping "just north of the border" (in a remote area)...?

I'd like a bit more information here, starting with her maiden and married names.

Oh yeah, the van landed 300 feet from the road......what?

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Some of those roads are one lane wide (cars can’t pass each other). She probably went down a ravine. I’m guessing this road is in either Cochise County or perhaps Santa Cruz County.

[RDTF]

No automatic passes but he should get some consideration for doing the right thing.

[BerryDingle]

“No automatic passes but he should get some consideration for doing the right thing.”

Buy him a new vehicle and have it delivered directly to his home in Mexico.

[Hornitos]

If you do something illegal - You are A CRIMINAL!!!

Much as jaywalking or speeding makes one a criminal, too. Then, again, running across the boulevard in the middle of the boulevard after an assault or speeding in a car after robbing a bank, are other matters.

[Hornitos]

Can’t assume it was just a accident and not look for a illegal to blame for that as well? What’s next, gonna ponder whether the guy had a backpack full of meth he was bringing in? Geeez! The guy did a good deed, despite being in the process of sneaking in, which is indeed wrong. That is likely all there is to it.

The knee-jerk demonization which the good sheriff mentioned has to run its course first. Be assured they are scouring the news wires with relish and a hopeful heart for a horrible story involving an illegal alien.

[HiJinx]

I’ve been on a few of those roads - it doesn’t take a lot of extra speed to be going too fast. They’re dirt and loose gravel, and it’s easy to skid off the edge.

There’s also a lot of wildlife down there - deer don’t make a habit of waiting for cars to pass by before crossing a road.

[HiJinx]

Usually a crime is an act which subjects the perp to imprisonment.

Check out Texas - border crossers are being incarcerated. Illegal is a criminal. Period.

[HiJinx]

Sherrif Estrada is Santa Cruz county. Our sherrif is Larry Dever.

[Tennessee Nana]

My immediate thought was that he proved himself to be a decent sort of man..I believe if he goes back and applies the right way, he should not have a problem with obtaining a permanent visa...if he passes all the other things...

He is not the average run-of -the-mill illegal alien...

he did something most of the others would not do...

[swatbuznik]

Good grief, I’m not going to give the other illegals a pass just because ONE was a good Samaritan.

[rlmorel]

No, they aren’t all evil. And a lot of felons aren’t evil, either, they broke the law.

But both felons and illegal immigrants are criminals.

[Hornitos]

He is not the average run-of -the-mill illegal alien...

he did something most of the others would not do...

Considering that most New York citizens walk away from assaults in broad daylight, you aren't saying much.

The parable of the Good Samaritan comes to mind. In Jesus' day, the Samaritans were the scorned illegals. Any Samaritan found wandering in a Judean village would be pummeled with stones as unclean and unwelcome. Yet, among all the so-called upright citizens, the Good Samaritan was the only one who would stop and help another in his hour of need.

In our zeal to rid our villages of the unclean and the unwelcomed, it behooves us to remember Jesus' words. Being plied with a crown of thorned and hateful words by ingrates, a man none the less saves a boy's life, in a selfless imitation of Christ. Does this mean we should then welcome all-comers without restrictions? No. But it means we should moderate our words and our thinking which motivates them.

[ApplegateRanch]

“Can’t assume it was just a accident and not look for a illegal to blame for that as well?”

While there's not any love lost here on illegals, my first guess (having driven into many remote areas of several states) would be 'antlered rat' or similar, rather than a 'someone'.

Hitting brakes, especially on a layer of loose sand/gravel/thick dust, while in a turn would be second guess.

[ansel12]

“Considering that most New York citizens walk away from assaults in broad daylight, “

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Don’t know where your illegal alien promoting self grabbed that stupid lie, but it has nothing to do with this situation anyway.

After coming across an injured 9 year old and walking with him to his mother that is trapped and dying, and then trying unsuccessfully to pull her from the car as she expires in front of her son in the wilderness, and then choosing to stay at the scene until help arrives is not exactly the most shockingly heroic act that we have ever heard of.

Don’t try to turn a border crossing illegal alien that is a decent enough man, into some kind of saintly improvement over the average American.

Your left-wing, anti-American, agenda of promoting illegal aliens is bizarre, but you keep it up.

[WildcatClan]

They won’t have to look too far. Twenty-Five American Citizens are killed each day by illegals. That’s 9000 a year for those playing at home. That’s about three, 911 attacks per year.

[Dov in Houston]

My immediate thought was that he proved himself to be a decent sort of man..I believe if he goes back and applies the right way, he should not have a problem with obtaining a permanent visa...if he passes all the other things...

He is not the average run-of -the-mill illegal alien...

he did something most of the others would not do.

Agreed. No Free pass but more than normal consideration. If he does it the right way