Ravenwood - 11/18/05 07:45 AM
Judi Werthein, a San Diego shoe designer, is aiding and abetting illegal aliens with her sneakers. She's handing out comfortable hiking shoes to Mexicans about to cross into the U.S. illegally. Among other features, the shoes even have a map that shows illegals how to get into the country.
To research the best design over two years, Werthein interviewed shoe designers, migrants, aid workers, even an immigrant smuggler. She joined the Mexican government's Grupo Beta migrant-aid society on long border hikes. She heard from a Salvadoran woman in Tijuana who said she was kidnapped and raped by her smuggler.Werthein, herself an Argentine immigrant (legally), claims that Mexicans are going to jump the border any way so she doesn't think she's doing anything wrong. I wonder if she'll still feel that way when someone dies in the desert wearing a pair of her sneakers.Based on those interviews, she added a pocket - migrants told her they were often robbed. She also added the flashlight - many cross at night.
Some get lost - hence, the compass and map.
"If you get lost," she told the men at the shelter, "just go north."
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On recent evening in Tijuana, after giving away 50 pairs at a migrant shelter, Werthein waved the insole and pointed to Interstate 8, the main road between San Diego and Phoenix.
"This blue line is where you want to go," Werthein, 38, said in Spanish.
Perhaps she should consider setting up a shuttle service, too. Maybe a little catered lunch? How about some cute picnic baskets with a nice bottle of wine?
Posted by: roger at November 18, 2005 8:19 AMShe should go to jail directly to jail without passing GO and without collecting $200
Posted by: sandpiper at November 18, 2005 10:35 AMHere is a better fashion statement.
Posted by: Kristopher at November 18, 2005 4:19 PM"Does it have a sensor to alert us to the Border Patrol?" joked Javier Lopez, 33, who said he had a $10-an-hour job hanging drywall waiting for him in Denver."
No, but they should. What kind of bribe would I have to slip the Chinese sweatshop manager to make that happen?
Posted by: Josh at November 18, 2005 5:34 PMJudy Werthein is an opportunist. If she had any real concern for illegals she would put her greedy little mind to work to find ways to see that they get across the border safely. She sells her shoes for $215 and they are made in China for $17. What does this tell you? She came to the US legally and she is encouraging others to break the law? The only reason she is making a point of giving cheap shoes to poor people is to make a name for herself.
Paco
-Josh:
The Border Patrol wold have to care first. It's hard to hope they would have the initiative to follow up on that when they won't even deport proven illegal immigrants after they've been arrested.
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