Do you Know what to do on June 14th?

I try not to write about politics. I don't want to. You don't want to read about it. But an issue facing politicians today is the issue of immigration. Whatever your thoughts on it, that's fine. You may not even think about it much. When you live in Miami, you can't help but be confronted by it. And maybe my thoughts toward immigration were starting to creep left, albeit ever so slowly, until today. I believe in no way are immigrants under any obligation to assimilate to the culture of "Americans". My view is that immigrants are under every obligation to follow the law of the USA (taxes and all) and respect citizens. I also feel that citizens should respect immigrants to the same degree that they expect to be treated.
So, today, June 14th before leaving for work, I tied my American flag, in accordance with those set forth by the American Legion Flag Advocacy, to my balcony only to return home to find it not there. I live on the third floor. I went out there and my roommate told that the security guard had come by and asked us to remove it. Someone had called the office to complain that it couldn't be displayed unless it was a certain occasion. I don't know that there is a more proper "special occasion" to display the Flag than Flag Day. I was quite upset. I grabbed Isa and went to the security guard tower to demand an explanation. She said that someone had complained that it was being displayed not on "special occasion". This was my favorite security guard so I calmly explained that today was flag say and it very much was a special occasion. And true to the nature of that particular security guard, she called the office to explain to them that today was indeed a special occasion.
But my next point is this.

WHO THE HECK CALLS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF AN AMERICAN FLAG. That just rubs me so wrong that it's now been three and a half hours and I'm still not over it. But here is the most shocking part, when my roommate took the flag down, she crumpled it and shoved it in a corner (if you were to take a picture of me right now, there would be smoke coming off of me). I am shocked for the lack of respect given to the symbol of freedom, hope, liberty, and justice. My 93 year old grandfather, veteran of WWII, would have beat her until she started singing the National Anthem. I am appalled by all that happened today.

YOU DON'T CRUMPLE THE AMERICAN FLAG IN A CORNER.
I can't handle that lack of respect for something that so many people have fought and died for.

But please, please. Before you start thinking it's a Miami thing, it's not. It's an ignorant youth thing. I don't know who called to report the flag, they've got issues, but it's very much not a Miami thing.

For many, many Miamians, America is seen as the protector of their lives. Refuge from communists dictators. Freedom from oppression. Miami is a place that said, come start a better, more promising life. Miami is the American dream, and there are many thousands of Latin American, especially Cubans, here that would gladly defend the Flag, their Flag. But if I can't so much as display a symbol of hope for so many, I'm not sure that this is the place for me.