What If?

       What if you were on a ship that began to sink in the middle of the ocean because some fools set off explosions and what if there just happened to be another ship very close to the sinking ship you were on. Just one problem. The other ship said nobody could come on board. So, would you throw up your hands in resignation and drown or would you swim over and climb on board that other ship anyway?
       Now what if the crew on the other ship started throwing you and your friends overboard, but not your children. Then a third ship agreed to take you on board, but it was a prison ship. Then they air-lifted your children to another ship yet so that you didn't know where they were. Might you be upset? Would you think that unfair? To what lengths would you go to be with your children? Might you ever see your children again? What would those children think?
       Those are the problems facing illegal aliens. Their home countries are being destroyed by violent gangs and uncaring governments. They fear for their lives. They try to come to America because they can't swim to England. When our government throws them in jail and takes their children away to who knows where, its just as bad as being on board a sinking ship.
       America has always been a caring, hospitable haven. Do we need to protect our borders? Of course. Do we need to keep criminals out? Of course. Can we do these things in a humane way? You can't convince me that we cannot. More investigators and personnel to process these illegals so as not to make their lives more intolerable than they already are.