I don't know if its unusual for people to post twice in one day but who cares I'm going to. So anyways this past week I found out that a distant relative of mine was arrested for providing fraudulent U.S. citizen-ships to illegal immigrants in the area. She was also charged with practicing medicine without a license. Heavy stuff.... Anyways I've known for years that she would take in people and alleviate their pain and ailments through massages but other than that I didn't think of it much. I never thought she was a crook though, so it did come as a huge surprise.
My mother was one of those people who would go and get these massages and she would always praise her for helping out the latin community. My sister and I on the other hand are cynical people and we never trusted the lady and we always made fun of everyone for believing that she was actually helping. However, many people did believe in her and whether she was actually doing anything or not she made people feel good. My grandma for example would always go to Lindy(nickname) first whenever she felt bad, and every time she would come out of the backroom she would always say she felt a lot better.
The point is people trusted this woman, and in the end she fucked those people over. At first when I heard the news I thought it was hilarious because it proved that I was right all along. I even told anyone who would listen about it, but after thinking about it I felt sorry for Lindy. My mom put it all into prospective when she said "that its a shame that she did this, she started off with good intentions but in the end she got greedy." Its true she turned out to be a thief but she really did start off trying to help her community. Its tragic to see people do horrible things to others, especially those less fortunate.
The hispanic community is often preyed upon by people such as Lindy, and like Lindy, those who do take advantage were once in the same situation as those they prey upon. Some Americans are totally against illegal aliens being here in the states, but for the most part these guys are simply trying to make a better life for themselves and their family. Coming from a family that immigrated here illegally I understand how desperate people get to just have the chance to make life a little a better and are willing to pay and do anything to stay. I've also seen how hard my parents have worked to give me everything I could ever want. So like I said its unfortunate that people take advantage of this desperation but whatever...so Lindy, I hope you learned your lesson and for everyone else try and think about the struggle illegal immigrants go through just to give their family their basic needs. Everyone deserves that right?
