Matt Ortega

Manuel Jesus Córdova Soberanes, the undocumented migrant who comforted a traffic victim’s child until help arrived, was honored for his act of heroism and humanity. Marisa Treviño writes:

Yet, it wasn’t the fact that he found the boy and stayed with him until help arrived that was so heroic.

Rather, it was that he willingly gave up his dream of finding a job in the United States to earn enough money for his own children so that he could stay so another child would not be alone, is what is heroic.

Congressman Raúl Grijalva (D-Tucson, Ariz.) will introduce legislation aimed at getting Soberanes a special visa, although “such legislation rarely passes.”

Compare that story with the bigotry-laden television advertisement from Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton, Colo.) that is making the rounds in the blogosphere. (He’s not the only one.)

In other migrant-related news, the Associated Press must really like their copy of the Tancredo Dictionary for the brewing scandal involving the Governor’s mansion using undocumented labor during Mitt Romney’s tenure. (Governor Romney said they had “funny accents.”)

In a startling and delicious turn of events — Rep. Tancredo hired undocumented laborers to work on an entertainment center. No word if he tried to crack down on himself and blamed “spineless politicians” for letting him get away with it.