DREAM Act and the idiots who haven't a clue...

The following post is a conversation from my sister's facebook page after she posted a link to support the DREAM Act. I have erased the names of those who are not my family.

KY Redneck Male #1: All immagrants should take the proper procedures to become a citizen, get a visa, or go home.

Susan Montalvo-Gesser: If you only knew how screwed up our immigration laws are...its not like getting a ticket for a ballgame. We need to start thinking of people as...People. Remember that every human, migrant, undocumented person, out-of-status student, Foreig...n Priest who can't get their R visa extended b4 LPR is approved, mother separated from her USC child, beaten wife of a USC husband, child who slipped through the cracks is a human being made in the image of God. The same God who came to this earth and died for your sins was an undocumented migrant, an "illegal" as ya'll like to call persons in similar situations. Maybe, just maybe, if Christians started to see Jesus in every set of human eyes...we could have immigration laws that reflect humanity, live up to Emma Lazarus' poem on our Statue of Liberty, and the US Bishops' consensus on the issue. We are a nation of immigrants who have decided to ignore that what makes us great is what makes us different. The great majority of American innovation came from 1st generation Americans who were at some points, undocumented.

Anonymous KY female #1: Oh, Susan, I just heart you so much. Your passion is undeniable.

KY Redneck Male #1: You can write a book, quote the Lord, anything you want. Plain and simple immagrants must follow the Law. Although I don't care if they wanna come stay and work, as long as the law is followed. It's apparent that I have a little bit more ha...nds on experience with immagrants because I work side by side with them everyday in DC, NYC, Chicago ect... No american man should have to forfiet any of there hard earned tax money, lose jobs to illegals. All I say is follow the proper channels period. One other bringing religion into a non religious discussion is kinda wrong. I know what the country is founded on. I also know what it survives on. Blue Coller american workers who need our support more than any other people. Before we help others, lets help our own.

KY Redneck Male #1: Btw Rachel the game will be online at khsaa.org

Anonymous KY female #2 ‎...there was only one Christian and he died on the cross...

KY Female Redneck #1: I am a Christian.

Anonymous KY female #2: I am saying it in the sense of "pure love and understanding"

KY Female Redneck #1: and I have to agree with Ryan...Love em or Hate em, they ALL should Obey the Law and come here Legally. Yes we are all Immigrants, we are lucky to have been born here, and its too bad that some are not as fortunate as us, but rules are rules and they are there for a reason.

2Susan Montalvo-Gesser: That's the problem...the current immigration laws have no REASON behind them. And US-citizens do not lose their tax dollars to the undocumented...we owe $54 billion in SS payments to donations from undocumented workers who will never AND ca...n never collect on those payments. Our laws change periodically in immigration only to screw up the law more so that it is completely illogical. There is no point to the PERM system, the H2B hurdles and quota system. Capping visas by an arbitrary #'s does one thing...allows Europe and other developed areas to steal US-trained foreign graduates so they can increase their talent pools at our expense. Meanwhile, we kick people out for breathing while undocumented and keep their USC kids to be raised on welfare...what smart policies. I have little patience for inefficiency and support of nonsensical hodgepodge of laws because they're laws. I side w/ Dr. King & Gandhi on this one.

Susan Montalvo-Gesser: And I just want to point out the big bad laws being broken are regulatory offenses which are civil, not criminal in nature. So its like violating parking law or speed limit...not that any of you would ever break those laws...but if you do, I reserve the right to defend you if others start labeling you as "illegal" people.

Donna Montalvo: Susan, I support the Dream Act and I support you because our immigration laws were written by people who believe that this country belongs to them. Forget we took away the native American's land and then imported slaves to work for us. I am ashamed that my ancestors were slave owners. I am most proud that my children, believe that everyone on planet Earth should have a roof over their head, a warm comfortable bed, clothes to wear, and good food to eat. Like Mother Teresa said there is enough here for everyone, the problem is not enough SHARING.

Susan Montalvo-Gesser: Luv you mom...we are who we are because someone taught us that what we are given is our Gift from God and what we do with that Gift for His people is our gift to him. And we are exalted when we serve...the Richest of the Rich or the Poorest of the Poor. If people didn't know to whom or where they were to be born and made uo the rules to the game that way; the rules would be different. But we're human, imperfect, and the best we can do is go make a little difference everyday.

Anonymous KY Female #1: Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, the day we celebrate the original illegal immigrants.

Susan Montalvo-Gesser: I do have a very cute cartoon a client gave me (she is a Mississippi Band Choctaw) whose husband was deported (but we got him back on a waiver after 18 months of separation and $10,000 later) Anyway, it had a group of Native Americans building a wall with the Pilgrims approaching by sea. The caption read, "They're building it because we don't come with they're permission and won't learn their language or assimilate to their culture."

Michelle Montalvo: My mom and my sisters are so awesome. Sister"S", because my sister who is a former republican and current libertarian is in support of the DREAM act. She sees the true Christianity in treating the alien in your land as your neighbor. For more information on how to support the DREAM Act see my page. I have the email addresses and phone numbers listed. Oh, and if you don't support the American DREAMS of immigrants go back to Ireland, England, Germany, or wherever you came from. That attitude is not what our forefathers had in mind.

New Facebook Fan Page: Making Drug Tests Required to Get Welfare

Wow! Where to begin...Must I explain this...seriously?? As a former family services worker for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, I must start by saying I do NOT know how the Welfare system works in the other 49 states of the Union, but I AM fairly more familiar than the SIX Facebook "friends" of mine who became fans of this page today. In the Commonwealth of Kentucky (kind of ironic, right? The name "commonwealth" to describe the state where the citizens are so self righteous), there is NO such thing as "Welfare." The government run, social program is called the "Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program" (commonly referred to with the acronym K-TAP, the government just loves acronyms, right??). To qualify for K-TAP, you must be unemployed, not of your own volition, (yes, the family service worker will verify this through your previous employer). You must be the SOLE provider for a child under the age of 6,meaning you cannot be receiving any kind of child support what so ever from the NCP (non-custodial parent), you must be enrolled in a school of higher learning or be willing to volunteer 20 hours a week at a place chosen by the state. So, there you go, you have to meet all of these qualifications for monthly check in the whopping amount of $125. Yep, $125 a month...barely enough to provide diapers, toilet paper, soap, shampoo, detergent, Heaven forbid you have a car, because you won't be able to afford to put gas in it. Those are just some of the essentials needed to care for one child...don't even ask what happens if you have more. Yes, at this impossibly meager income you are eligible for Food Stamps...and to be eligible for those, your friendly family services worker will do a background check to make sure...tah dah...that you have never committed a drug felony. So, why you may ask, would someone even WANT to jump through all those hoops to get that tiny check and a way to provide just enough food for your family to survive?? Well, if you go out and get a part-time job at $7.45/hour and work 20 hours a week that is $149/week and for a child under 1, daycare is going to run $125 week. So after taxes, you are in the hole. What I found so disheartening about the "fans" of this page is that every, single one of them is Catholic!! So, they are pro-life and will judge you for getting an abortion, but they don't care if your child on the outside of your womb has no diapers and starves!! Here's an idea for everyone to try. STOP JUDGING OTHERS! TRY TO PUT YOURSELF IN SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOES AND SEE LIFE THROUGH THEIR EYES. MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, THEIR LIFE IS NOT AS EASY AS YOU THOUGHT IT WAS...