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What Should We Do With “the Victors ?”

There was a story in my local newspaper the other day about an “undocumented worker,” Victor Coba Alvarez, who along with 31 of his coworkers, was caught up in a February ICE federal search warrant at his place of employment, Zion Market, in San Diego. The article attempted to portray Mr. Alvarez as an unfortunate victim of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and although some of that may be true, he is not merely an innocent bystander. He is an illegal.

Although it did not say for how many years Mr. Alvarez had been an “undocumented worker,” we do know that he had worked at Zion Market for 12 years. The management at Zion Market claims that it did not know that the 32 workers were “undocumented,” because they all had the required two forms of government issued I.D.s. So here we have somewhat of a quandary. Either the management at Zion Market is lying and they knew that Mr. Alvarez and his 31 coworkers were illegal, or Mr. Alvarez and most, if not all, of his coworkers went out of their way to obtain two false government issued IDs each. My suspicion is that both are true . . . Mr. Alvarez probably did have two fraudulent “government issued IDs”, and Zion Market realized that the IDs were fraudulent, but hired them anyway. Either way Mr. Alvarez is illegal.

The article went on to say that the family of Mr Alvarez is also suffering in that the breadwinner for the family no longer has a job. One daughter, age 19, had to cut back on going to school, and the younger daughter, age 17, is in therapy. Mr. Alvarez did say  that the ones most impacted are the children. He is correct, but who is responsible for putting them in that position? Of course, the answer is that Mr. Alvarez, himself, is the one to blame. 

As a matter of fact, I do have some compassion for Mr. Alvarez because if I were in a similar situation, I may well have done the same thing as he did many years ago. Furthermore he has been a productive member of society for many years, and has not broken any laws after his illegal entry into the U.S. The problem with the viewpoints of both President Trump and the Democrats is that they both treat all illegal immigrants the same, when that is far from reality. I do not view him the same way that I view illegals who are breaking laws, abusing spouses, joining gangs, driving drunk, dealing in drugs, etc. Likewise I do not view him the same way as I view those illegals who are here to take advantage of the many social benefits that our state and our country offer. As I have stated, I do not hold any malice toward Mr. Alvarez, as he is not the prototypical gang-banger or lowlife that is here only to take advantage of “freebies.” 

If all illegals are not the same, how should we divide or separate them. What should we do about “the Victors?” Here is my idea. I am proposing that illegals be separated into three separate categories:

1. Those like Victor who are productive and law-abiding. Neither Victor nor his family should ever be allowed to vote, and they would not be qualified to receive any social benefits in the future. They are not citizens, and should not be considered as such in the future.

2. Those who are lawbreakers should be arrested, jailed, and/or deported immediately.

3. Those who are receiving any social benefits (e.g. food stamps, disability, etc.) would have a one year”probation” period, during which time they either become productive or are deported.

I realize that I will again receive heat from all sides, but to me my proposal is fair with a modicum of empathy.


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