He is a handyman, not a criminal. Houston must face our immigration reality. | Editorial скачать в хорошем качестве

He is a handyman, not a criminal. Houston must face our immigration reality. | Editorial

Twenty-five years ago, Luis left an impoverished region of Mexico, crossed into Texas without a visa and worked as a handyman to provide his children with opportunities he never had, writes the Editorial Board. He’s a man with three U.S.-born sons and paying a mortgage on a modest 1950s home on a street so quiet you can hear the plunk-plunk of falling acorns and pecans. A guy who writes guitar songs after work and who, for his wife’s 45th birthday, serenaded her at a backyard gathering of friends and family. In all the years he’s lived here, Luis has maintained a spotless record. No deportation order. No felonies. No drug possession. Not even a traffic violation. But none of that mattered to the masked federal agents who detained him while he was on his way to work for a new client. He was going to install security cameras, of all things. Instead of investigating drug traffickers, DEA agents snatched a handyman off the streets. Is this man, fellow Houstonians, who taxpayers should be footing the bill to detain? He’s no threat to public safety. He’s a beloved handyman. He’s also a doting family man. Locked up, far away from his wife and five children. The senseless separation of immigrant families is happening in Houston. Right now. Our leaders — whether in Washington, Austin, or City Hall — ought to have the spine to say so. Read more in part one of this three part series from the Editorial Board.