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Sergio Garcia, an illegal immigrant, or undocumented American, or Mexican, has finally got his wish. Serge is now an illegal immigrant lawyer, having fulfilled the illegal immigrant dream of crossing the border successfully, accepting work at menial jobs that actual Americans refuse to take, (unless we increase the minimum wage to at least $15 an hour) and going to school paying in-state,resident-level tuition. Serge, who is now 36, illegally came to the US about 20 years ago, attended law school and passed California's bar exam. He challenged a 1996 law that denied illegal immigrants professional licenses. Not to worry, however, since Jerry I-Never-Met-An-Anarchist-I-Didn't-Like Brown, later changed the rule to allow illegals the same privileges as those of us who are Americans, pay taxes, vote, and defend the nation against all enemies foreign and domestic, not including Jerry Brown.
Garcia was born in Mexico in 1977 and was illegally brought to this country about two years later by his family. When Serge was nine, he returned to Mexico but discovered that, compared to the USA, Mexico sucked chili dogs. So he returned here again at age 17.
Serge's father had obtained legal resident status and filed for a visa for his son, but the wait was long and Serge felt that he didn't want to wait like the other suckers who followed the law, so he didn't return to Mexico and worked in the states picking almonds and working in a grocery to pay tuition at Cal Northern School of Law.
In spite of not being an American citizen, he was able to challenge American law; the 1996 federal law barring those living in the US from illegally receiving professional licenses from government agencies with the use of public funds.The federal government argued the California courts were funded by public money, and this precluding him from being granted a licence.But in stepped Jerry Brown back in October, and he signed legislation that allowed illegal aliens the right to obtain law licenses. Viva America.
Yesterday, California State Supreme Court ruled in favor of Serge, determining he "possesses the requisite good moral character to qualify for a law license." In other words, breaking the laws of the USA does not disqualify you from being considered moral, if those laws are not liberal enough. And swearing to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America, doesn't count when California says it doesn't count.
I wish Mr. Garcia all the best for 2014--he certainly got a gift from US that keeps on giving. Perhaps he will specialize in immigration law. I'm sure he'll give his clients interesting advice.
I guess being an undocumented immigrant is the same as being an unlicensed physician.
My latest novel, Jihad
Joe, is about Islamic
terrorism and suspense. In it I challenge the precepts of the religion
through my protagonist, Zed Nill, a journalist, captured by terrorists and who
is destined to be killed if the American President refuses to release three
Gitmo prisoners. Of course, American policy demands we never give in to
terrorists, and for Zed, the clock is ticking.
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