Fear, God And Family Pervade Migrants' Journey : NPR

It seems a lot of us have forgotten that we built this nation as immigrants. Immigrants constantly pushing out the folks who were here already, but, yes, the United States is a nation of immigrants lording over the conquered.

This is instructive when you consider what it takes for modern day immigrants to actually get here in the first place. Read/listen to this as an introduction.

And hell, once they survive that, you've got armed redneck, hateful "Christians" and just the general law enforcement establishment to deal with. Are they breaking the law? Sure, so do you when speeding or cheating on your taxes. Taxes, I'll remind you, that anyone with a fake SSN is paying and will never collect to help pad your retirement.

Mine too. Just saying.