27th September, 2007
This Is Going To Be Interesting
Before I head to go take a nap, and I do mean a nap because I still have homework, but before I go do that, I am here.
Some good shit is going down at the office in our sales department. Well, I wouldn’t say that they’re “good” things, but some interesting things are happening. One person has left his position, another resigned, and tomorrow, one’s getting fired. It’s going to be fun because the one that’s getting fired, MG, has been claiming that we, The Daily Cal, owe him money from this and that. The commission money I can understand, but the other part of it makes no sense whatsoever. He even had the gall to send an email to say he’s quitting. I mean, is it so hard to come into the office and say, “Hey, I’m going to resign and this is why.” But I guess not. I never thought he was this snippy, but I guess I can see where that came from.
Today I watched a documentary for class, Sentenced Home. It was interesting to see what was happening to some of the Cambodian refugees. I don’t know what passed, but here’s what was happening to some of the refugees: They grew into their teenage years on the “wrong” side of the neighborhood and because of that, committed a felony/crime and was sentenced to prison. Each of the three men documented had served their time properly. Fast forward years and years later, now because they were once imprisoned and had not become a citizen of the U.S., they were placed on the deportation list. They were held in INS detention centers to make sure they wouldn’t flee and they were given very short notice, if any at all, about when they would be deported. There was no appeal process, no case-by-case review. It was pretty much this: “Okay, so you fucked up and now we’re sending you back because Cambodia’s finally caved in to accept you back.” Even if they were sent back, Cambodian officials would then hold the deportees for several months as well.
I just think it’s completely unfair. I mean, how does someone know what “bad” is if “bad” is all that surrounds them? How do they know to be right? Also, for these refugees with such a strong language barrier, no one told them the strong difference between being a permanent resident alien and a citizen. Even then, the test was so long and intimidating with no proper study materials. Also, many of the refugees came as children from a few months old to a few years old. How much more do they know? How much more did they need to suffer in “the land of the free?” It just all sucks and I just don’t see why this needs to happen in the first place, but politics is screwy like that.
Anyway, I plan to take my nap soon.
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