The United States is building a fence between it an Mexico. Until recently, I was often skeptical of a wall between us and our southern neighbor. I thought, for no reason other than that I had heard this, that it would ineffective. But even more so, I feared a wall would give the U.S. an imperialist, racist, separatist, image.
As originally published at www.myusearchblog.com:
Just curious about everyones point of view about illegal immigration? Do you agree/disagree with the idea of sending all the illegals back t their countries?
The controversy over illegal immigration hit a high in March of last year when Alfred Ramos killed two girls on Shore Drive while driving under the influence. Ramos was an undocumented Mexican immigrant, causing the national media and public to debate this as a matter of illegal immigration.
Well as everyone knows the Congress is having troubles with the Border between the United States and Mexico. In Arkansas where I live the City is arresting illegals and deporting them one by one. I think that is a good idea. The place that needs to be raided are some apartments I use to live in. I bet 100% of Hispanics in there are illegals.
"Go back to where you came from" or " Your no real American" are phrases I hear muttered constantly, mostly by white Americans.
“The Senate failed to reach a compromise on immigration legislation, which
would have allowed illegal immigrants who have been in the U.S. longer than
five years to remain, while those who have been here between two years and
Illegal immigrants are being treated like criminals, are they? From my own personal experience with these immigrants I have gathered that the picture fed to us about them is far from clear. Most people that work with the immigrants have shared with me there admiration for the hard work being done by them.
The one issue that matters to me so much but i really don't blog about is immigration. Anytime i sit to write about immigration, i end up scrapping it no matter how eloquent that blog or writing may be. It's a moral dilemma caused not by my being an immigrant, which i am, but by my having many illegal immigrants as friends, family friends, and even family.
