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I want to show you something.

On May 14, 2003, 19 immigrants died of suffocation, heat, and dehydration in the back of truck abandoned at a Victoria, Texas, truck stop.  The first to die was a 5 year old boy, who died in his father’s arms.  They were coming to America for the same reason my grandparents came – for a job and a better life.  The heat in the truck reached 173 degrees and these immigrants literally clawed out a taillight in their attempt to breathe.

There stands a memorial for these people on the road beside the truck stop.

I took this picture there last week.  You’ll note that people leave water and food at the sight.  Toys are often left for the children who died. You can click on the picture to see it in more detail.

It was a shameful event that opposes everything that Sweet Jesus taught us about our fellow man.  We know the Old Testament tells us, “You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.”

And Sweet Jesus says, “whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”

Yesterday, Republican State Rep. Lois Kolkhorst, who is a graduate of Texas Christian University and who received the Freedom & Family Award from Texas Eagle Forum, introduced a bill in the Texas House.

Lois Kolkhorst

The Brenham Republican filed legislation yesterday that would allow sheriffs to drop illegal immigrants off at the local office of any U.S. representative. Apparently it’s a message to the Feds to take responsibility for the illegal immigrants languishing in our overcrowded jail system.

So, apparently Ms. Kolkhorst wants to human traffic, toting immigrants to offices and leaving them there with no food, water, or medical care.  They are not people, they are political toys for Ms. Kolkhorst.

I know I may be over-reacting about this, but it just peeves the hell out of me to see people treated worse than cattle and then used to make a political point.  I know that Ms. Kolkhorst will answer to God for this, but I want her to answer to me first.  She could probably use the practice.

And there’s one more thing you should know.  She is chairman of the Public Health Committee of the Texas House.   We are all soooo screwed.