This one is unbelievable. Last week two (Christian) immigrants from Iraq were murdered execution style in San Diego. Today the American embassy denied the visa request of the parents of one victim. You'll never guess why.
I'm in San Diego for work this week and it feels like bizzarro-San Diego. It rained most of the week and the local news was all about crime. Specifically, the murder of two male employees at a liqour store last week. The men are ethnic Assyrians, immigrants to this country from Iraq. Their parents still live in Bushco's newly minted land of milk, honey, and sweet, sweet oil. Naturally enough the parents went to the American embassy and requested visas. They were turned down in spite of having documentation about the death of their child. The State department decided that it was likely the parents would not want to return to their Newly Democratic Oasis in Mespotamia.
Now if things were going as well in Iraq as the Ann Coulters and Condi Rices of the world would have us believe, would any sane person choose to stay in the land where their son was slaughtered for chump change?
I have a hunc that this decision will be over turned. It looks so cruel to deny these people the chance to grieve. And believe me, if this couple decides to stay, they will not be the only undocumented immigrants in this fair city, 20 clicks from the Mexican border.
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