Grant Legal Status to Romeikes-Homeschool Petition

[sanantone]

It kinda pains me to see the political system abusing families. Sorta the other way around, IMHO. Yes, there's many people around the world suffering, and here's a chance to take 30 seconds and sign something to help out a family. Back to basics folks, the golden rule, if you were in trouble and needed help, anything and everything other people did for you would help and be appreciated. Whether this petition ultimately will do anything, or not, none of us knows. But the time we've taken to comment or complain, is more then twice the time it would of taken to just sign it. If you disagree, I'm not saying don't reply or comment, etc. just keep it cool and realize that around the world (and in this case particularly) you're able to do things that these people can't. You have freedoms, that they don't. Would not restriction of freedom and liberty be considered persecution? That's what millions of men and women have died for over the last 2 centuries, to gain the freedom we enjoy and keep it safe. What's my point? If freedom is worth all those glorious lives, maybe it's worth our time to spend 30 seconds and help some other folks.

I'd rather spend the 30 seconds signing a petition for someone who is really in need. You're not just signing a petition. You're basically telling the president that he should grant asylum to these people ahead of others. Like I said, we can't grant asylum to everyone, so we have to make choices on who needs it the most. Some people are in danger of being imprisoned by the government no matter what they do. These people are not in that position. If I were in their position, I would feel very selfish asking for people's time and energy to help my cause when there are many other more worthy causes. When I had no money to buy food, I pawned items so that I could do so. I did not go to the food bank or ask a charity for help. I believed that help should go to the people who had absolutely no other way of getting food. I even took out a car title loan in order to pay the rent.