A group of people protesting immigrant deportation were arrested today. They are angry about what's happening in Arizona, and they do not want people who came into this country without the proper paperwork to be deported.
I have been doing a lot of research on this subject, and I've gotta say I'm on the immigrants side. Did you know it can take anywhere from 6 months to 6 years to obtain a work visa for the United States? That is a long time to wait for someone with no job, starving children and a not so great government.
How horrible does life have to be that you would rather sneak into another country and live as quietly as you can, constantly worrying about being caught? How destitute would you have to be to consider working menial labor jobs for less than minimum wage and have to support a family? You can't have any say in your new goverment or where your kids go to school. You have little choices and no authority to make your situation better.
How bad must things be that you would trade you current life to live in a country with hillbilly white men with mullets and rusted pick up trucks who want to shoot everyone and then take a trip to Wal-Mart?
Mexican immigrants are choosing to endure all of this. What is going on that they would rather settle for America then stay in Mexico? Why isn't this question being asked and why is nothing being done to help their situation?
The government needs to provide immigrants with the proper paperwork in a timely manner. More needs to be done to ensure that people who want to live and work in the United States have a fair chance and are shown respect. We need to address the reason why so many people from Mexico want out of there, and why so many don't have the proper documents.
No, "jumping the fence" isnt' a great way to come to America and it does cause problems. But, my God show some compassion and respect for these people. You have no idea what their lives have been like and the constant fear of deportation they live with every day.
In the words of Alicia Silverstone, "It does not say R.S.V.P. on the Statue of Liberty".
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