easygoin said:
These people got some big balls protesting this issue.
Easygoing,
Illegal immigrants have a right to protest, just like any other person. The issue (at least from my point of view) lies in the following:
1. The people who support this bill are not anti-immigrants, being so would be hypocritical to a nation built on migrants. However, illegal immigrants is the issue here, something that has not been seen at such size and strength in the history of the country. While it's true the US is a country built on immigrants, there were not as many illegals (as a percentage of the immigrant population) entering such country until now.
2. The law and its enforcement should be applied always. A person strays from the written laws, such person(s) should be apprehended by authority figures such as police or border patrol. The law is the law and it must be respected, as long as the human rights of each individual are also respect.
3. While it's true that many communities in Latin America depend on remittances for survival, the truth of the matter is that such system is not constructive towards development and self-sustainability in those respective communities. Tougher migration legislation and enforcement would put pressure on the local and national governments in Latin America to heed to the need of their people. Aside from all of this, MOST foreigners in the United States are legal, the problem is not with the law abidding one's but with those who have chosen to go against the law by entering illegally.
We can all use humanitarian excuses to destroy support for this bill, especially using the "you can't blame the poor for being poor" thus, it sort of legitimizes the fact that such person decided to become a criminal by breaking the migration laws. However, if we were to take such stance with all criminals, there would be none left in the penitentiary or justice system since most criminals don't choose to be one out of will, but very often out of their personal circumstances. A criminal is a criminal, albeit not all criminals are the same and some are more dangerous than others, but criminality applies to all who break the law.
easygoin said:
Everyone should be deported..... and if trying to enter ...( should be shot on the spot
I don't agree with you on these points.
Only illegals should be deported and those caught entering illegally should be apprehended and deported, but not shot.
No one can blame poor people for being poor and living miserable lives, but they are responsible for their actions.
It's their illegal actions that is the problem, not that they are poor.
All of my point of views on this issue applies to both, the US problem with illegal migration and the Dominican problem with illegal migration.
-NALs