So, now that we’ve, for lack of a better word, stolen the land and made it our own we don’t really want to share it, or any other of our resources. Which is where the illegal immigrant issue comes into play.
The idea of letting illegal immigrants come onto U.S. soil has not faired well in the U.S. Senate. The concept of people from other countries illegally coming into the US and taking the jobs from Americans, probably has to do with the resistance. Even though I would think most of these jobs are ones Americans wouldn’t necessary want to take on. But I won’t get into that.
On Wednesday the Senate turned down a bill that would have let the children of illegal immigrants be legalized – on the conditions that they are in school or in the military.
The “Dream Act” would have also allowed:
“conditional legal status to illegal immigrants who have lived in the U.S. at least five years and entered the country before the age of 16”.
Sweet deal huh? But I guess for now this is just a theory in the making.
Illegal immigration is one topic of interest that isn’t going to go away. No matter how you address the issue, or how many fences you build, you can’t hide the fact that people need to support themselves and their families. If they aren’t going to get what they want out of their own country, chances are they are going to move on to bigger and better things, and try to live the America Dream, if possible.
The failed bill may be acting as a filter, preventing any future legalized immigrants from bringing in other illegal immigrants. The so-called “Land of Opportunity” is now an unreachable ideal not only for the adults crossing the border into America, but their children as well. If the eyes of million children cannot soften the hearts of the U.S. Senate, what could?
-- Eming Piansay
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