Friday, May 7, 2010
The Arizona Law against "undocumented" people
I have been tempted to write about the new law in Arizona, and to be honest, I have been biting my tongue, but I can’t hold it back any longer.
This touches me to the core as a Hispanic and as an immigrant myself.
First of all, what a joke. I am being both facetious and serious at the same time. Where the hell is this country going to? I love when people say that they are against illegal immigration. Let’s be honest they are really against Hispanics; they are against the largest groups of immigrants that have been coming to this country for the last 20 or 30 years.
But why are Hispanics still coming even though white Americans are against them, or they say they are against them. They are against the fact that they have to educate their kids, provide them with health care, and the fact that we are in a downturn and jobs have dried up.
But I wonder if the vast majority of those who are against Latin Americans are willing to pay 5 dollars for a head of lettuce, are willing to work in the farms of this country, clean hotel rooms, and do a lot of the dirty work that the average American is not willing to do.
People will keep coming even though legislators always go against the people that cross the border. They are easy targets to demagogue about because until recently they didn’t vote.
It’s always easier to step on the weakest. They are blamed for the violence on the border.
Why don’t we start looking at the cause of the violence on the border?
There is a small minority that is involved in the trafficking of drugs; it is not the majority of undocumented people. Most of them come to make a living, to give their love ones a better future.
We have gone after countries like Colombia, Bolivia and recently Afghanistan to control the poppy production, but we are not willing to look in the mirror. The problem is not the rest of the world that is trying to sell us or smuggle the drugs. The drugs come here because we are the biggest consumer of drugs in the world, we cannot get enough of them, from the junkie in the streets of any city in the US to celebrities like Rush Limbaugh.
That is for the drug side of it. As far as the main reason why Latin Americans, and other countries as well, are coming to this country is because employers LOVE cheap labor. They rather pay somebody who is undocumented, doesn’t ask the employer for health care coverage, doesn’t care about working conditions or being part of a union. It’s music to any business ears.
If legislators would be honest about controlling the flux of undocumented people they should go after employers with high fines. No wall or fence will ever stop people from coming here. The high rewards are worth the risk.
I didn't even want to address the fact that the police will have to use their judgment to discern who is an undocumented and who is not. Just with that I can write a new blog.
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