Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

November 23, 2009

Alma Minerva Chacon, a Spanish-speaking Mexican immigrant, lives in Maricopa County, Arizona, which is ruled by the demented thug known as Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Several months ago, Alma was arrested on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant. Nine months pregnant at the time, Alma went into labor. She was taken to the hospital with her hands and feet in shackles, despite the fact that she was not charged with a violent offense.

Sheriff?s deputies refused repeated requests that the mother be freed long enough to deliver her child. Alma gave birth to a baby girl while shackled to her bed. Alma wasn?t permitted the rudimentary dignity of going to the bathroom without her restraints.

Deputies refused even to let Alma hold her newborn baby. They also threatened to seize the infant unless someone came to claim her within 72 hours.

The problem of illegal immigration is subsiding. The residual tyranny of Arpaio and his ilk will afflict us for a long time to come.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.