[William A. Baurle]

Charlie,

I reserve judgment about Sessions.

Briefly, I know all about how difficult it is for a person without money to come to the US legally. I experienced the whole tangle of red tape and ridiculous questions. I sat for hours in Phoenix with my then wife, getting her through the process of achieving her citizenship. She came to the US as a girl of 12, scared out of her mind because of the "coyotes", who insisted on getting money and, occasionally, sexual favors.

We received a letter from the department of immigration in Phoenix, during this long process, telling us that we must arrive at such and such a day, for such and such an interview. If we did not arrive on that day, our chances of making it through the process would be threatened. The date of this interview was about a week before the letter arrived. We set up another appointment, and paid a lot of money because we had missed the appointment we had no chance of getting to.

I have much more, but back to Sessions. I'm not saying he's not a good man. I always thought we're not supposed to make that kind of a judgment?

Edited in: I should add that my ex-wife is now a citizen, not just legal. She's a notary public, a certified Nurse's Aide (CNA), and makes her living caring for the elderly. We are the happy parents of two great boys, and are good friends, despite the years of pain we gave each other.

I think we need to radically change the current immigration laws, to make it easier (not more difficult) for people to come to the US legally. A big wall on the border won't change a thing, just cost a lot of money and create a bigger challenge for destitute people from all over. < I mean under. D'oh!

I say we build a wall up north, to keep those dang Canadians away! I mean, who needs more people who say 'aboot' stealing all those housekeeper and dishwasher jobs?

Blame Canada!

(Just joking, of course!)