Note: This is a personal blog with my own opinions. These do not reflect the ideas of anyone else.
As I sit here enjoying the slight brake from my homework (current class is very great), I wonder one thing? What the heck is going on today? A 15 year old boy shot to death on the border, our dependency on oil finally biting us hard, the mess in international waters and Israel, it really makes you want to cry.
I know I have had many problems in my life (financial, familial, personal), but when it all is compared to the world at large, you start to wonder is this it. Is that all we as a human race can do. An example of this would be the state of Arizona and their recent immigration law. Sure it will do what it’s intended to strengthen their immigration policies, but the side consequences make the poison more than the benefits. Do you honestly expect that natural born citizens won’t be pulled over because of the color of their skin? Do you think they will be able to show their driver’s license, speak English, and not be thought of as a lesser human? As a human race, freedom is one of our natural born rights. You shouldn’t have your freedom or dignity taken away when you need to call the police for help, your hurt and need medical treatment, or want to earn an education. I am not saying we shouldn’t enforce our current laws, but when you treat a human being as a lesser because they want a better life then something has gone tragically wrong.
Currently in congress, they are trying to pass the DREAM act. The DREAM act is a bill that will allow the children of illegal immigrants both a path to citizenship and the ability to continue their educations. Of all the bills brought before the congress, this one would help thousands of people. You would think this bill would be easy to pass. It has been introduced time and again for over ten years since the 1990’s. The reason why it has not been passed, “Oh your just rewarding those damn illegal’s for being here and not following the law”. Clean up that last sentence for political speak. When you are a toddler or a young kid, your mom or dad need to support you to make a better life for you. They are desperate because their home country will not offer this to them, and our immigration policies will hold them further from supporting you. The average wait time to come in legally can vary from a few years up to 15 years if I recall correctly. Your parents do not know what else do to so in some cases, they will try to sneak into our country to support their families. As a kid you have no choice, you have to travel with your parents.
Those in congress know this happens, that the children of illegal immigrants are the victims of the system. Will they do anything, who can say? Time and again this bill is delayed or thrown out due to political ax grinding or pure racism. But this is legal Racism in the finest degree. “These immigrants are taking our jobs. Americans First. Why do we have to have these forms in English and Spanish? It should be English only”.
Sigh. I know this is a rant. This is something that has been eating at me for a while now. It saddens me that in my opinion we loosen and lax our current laws to create a version of legal slavery, forcing people to do the jobs we do not want to do. When they try to improve or create a better life for their children, we want to knock them back down. The current incident at the border has made me want to cry. A 15 year old boy that was throwing rocks was shot down by a border guard. What the guard right to shoot. I cannot say. With the current situation in Mexico with the Drug Cartels taking over, people are getting scared. Was it an overreaction to kids throwing stones with an overabundance of force, who really knows for sure? All I can say is that this is one of the saddest states of both of our societies today.
