Thursday, March 27, 2008

Bad Immigrants!

Everyday thousands of illegal immigrants cross our borders through the southern states of our nation. Many of these illegal immigrants leave their country of origin in order to pursue the “American Dream”, but most face harsh abuse from employers who know that they can get away with cheap labor, thus increasing their personal profits and knowing that the illegal immigrants cannot do anything in regard to using the legal system to defend their rights because most are afraid of deportation. This nation was built upon the belief that we all have equal rights and that we must have the opportunity to pursue happiness. But for some reason this new immigrants are different, although they do enter illegally which is a crime most don’t come with any bad intentions. We need to have some kind of sub-amnesty to help all of the responsible illegal immigrants by implementing a rigorous procedure and with accordance to some kind of order that would place them behind all of the rest of the immigrant applicants who are already on their way to residency or citizenship, and those who are applying for immigrant visas. Obviously we cannot give all illegal immigrants the right to just apply for a green card. Each individual must meet a certain standard of rights. The applicant must be able to provide a clean criminal record, allowing only traffic violations. Must be current with their taxes and must be a able to support him or her self along with all of their dependents and not become a public nuisance. Also the immigrant must pay a fine for immigrating illegally and must stay out of trouble when living in the US. If there is any kind of problem with the immigrant than he or she will be deprived from all rights and deported immediately. This is just to point out that our immigration problem is going to be fair as oppose to the idea that we are just pulling people over asking for proof of citizenship (which is unconstitutional) and if not able to show any kind of proof will be sent to the county prison to await deportation. Thus resulting in citizens coming home with no parent to provide for him or her and ultimately ending up in foster care. And in “cleansing” the system with all of the worthy immigrants we will be able to take out most of the bad apples from the crates so that they don’t spoil the rest. Because truth is most of these people help our crippling economy whether it be with sales taxes or filling in jobs that most US citizens would not want to do they help the countries economy greatly as oppose to the damage they cause through well fare programs. Finally if we cleanse the system properly and help out those who will help our country then both side would benefit and that would hopefully in some way deal with one of our countries dilemmas, we need to stop being hypocrites because we took this land from Native Americans who are now hardly ever seen.

1 comment:

Whitney said...

I definitely think the politicians and citizens of our country need to reevaluate what our founding fathers based the United States of America on -- "Land of the free, equal rights, and the pursuit of happiness." The citizens of this country are becoming much like a typical high school which allows only the pretty people or the “normal” kids to be a part of the popular or “in” group.

I agree with Eddie's ideas in his original editorial, "Bad Immigrants!" There should be a system allowing illegal immigrants the opportunity to become citizens of our "free country." I also agree that if the immigrants make some poor choices which lead to getting arrested or choose not to follow the immigration rules, they should be deported. Unfortunately, this is probably easier said than done.

If illegal immigrants wish to bypass the immigration process and agree to work illegally, which is already happening, then we are back to the same situation that our country is already experiencing. Maybe immigrants should complete the immigration process before stepping on American soil but that is a difficult situation for many who want to enter the US.

I feel our country is becoming more diverse but I don’t think our citizens are accepting with arms wide open much like when thousands upon thousands entered our country through New York City not so long ago. Many people in this country are so negative about opening the borders that any sort of immigration ideas are completely turned away for fear of change. If the government can create a very detailed and direct process for becoming a citizen, much like Eddie's ideas, it could have the possibility for some lasting effects.