tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888463843208883890.post-66214712320282163052007-11-24T19:44:00.000-06:002007-11-24T19:56:20.524-06:00Jesus Manuel Cordova was doing what half a million illegal immigrants do each year - walking across the Mexican border to enter the United States in search of work. But his trip did not go as he expected, and before he finished it he had given a new and ironic meaning to the term good samaritan.<br /><br />He came upon a 9-year-old boy who was looking for help for his mother, who had crashed their van into a canyon and was pinned inside. She was seriously injured, and in fact died before help arrived. Mr. Cordova found the boy, and after trying unsuccessfully to pull his mother from the wreck, he stayed with him through the night, wrapping him in his own jacket and building a fire to keep him warm during the cold night in the Arizona desert.<br /><br />In return for his act of kindness, Mr. Cordova was taken into custody by Border Patrol agents. He will almost certainly be sent back to Mexico.<br /><br />Americans get pretty emotional about the issue of border security. They cannot tolerate the idea of undesirables sneaking into the country from south of the border. Little do they know that there are at least a few angels among those undesirables.<br /><br />Read the <a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071124/D8T3S9K80.html" target="blank">full story</a>...disciplenoreply@blogger.com