AND A NEW ERA OF POWER BEGINS

Mr. Obama took the oath of office of the President of the United State on Tuesday, January 20, 2009.....so a new era of power in the White House commences.

He ran on the premise of hope and change....but is there really going to be change? The change I see for the moment is that there are many new faces on the news, new appointments to the cabinet, just normal everyday changes I would presume. I am sure everyone out there at some point in time watched the ceremonies either during the day or @ night. Yes, everyone kept saying hope ... change ... I for one am all for change specifically on immigration.

This is of course a hot topic with many folks out there...there are thousands upon thousands of people living in this country that are deemed 'illegal', and for the most part this involves racial profiling on the part of our government, yes, I have seen it with my own eyes. On a recent trip I encountered our government hard @ work, that is the I.C.E. side of the government.

I was taking a trip to visit friends and new allies in New York, I am sitting on the train reading, it was @ a scheduled stop: all of a suddent I look up & over and see a bunch of men dressed in battle fatigues, with guns strapped to their sides, radios, the whole bit, I should know, my ex spouse was in the military, so I know the outfits..anyway, they ask the passengers that look 'different' are you a citizen of the United States? if you answer yes, they go on, if you answer no, the passenger then had to show proof...now of course this was in middle America that it took place. I never in my life thought that big brother would be in middle America boarding a train and selecting certain people by the way they look to ask this question.

So yes Immigration Reform is a hot topic...I always thought this country was created with freedom and justice for all...not with big brother looking down & checking on all the inhabitants of this land. We should be able to come and go as we please without the probablity of being stopped and asked if we belong or not, merely by how we look...the color of our skin.

So yes, I have a dream, that I hope for change to come soon...and that the immigration issues which plague our government be resolved for the better of all people involved...so that families can remain together, that childrens rights are not trampled on by the government, and most importantly that we exercise our right to voice our opinion without fear of retribution.