Saturday, October 6, 2007

Immigrants Deserve a Chance




By S. Terrazas

Why is trying to have a better life considered a crime? Why is the government doing this? Was it only right a hundred years ago when this country was over powered by immigrants that are now called immigrants? These are some questions that people ask over and over again while some people are being kicked out of the country. What the government is doing to the people who are here illegally is harsh. They should give them a break.

Not allowing illegal immigrant to work is not smart in many ways. People that are here legally complain that the took their jobs but that's a lie. If they really wanted a job then they would get off of where there sitting and look for a job at least in a newspaper. They're just blaming them for their laziness. If some of the big companies get closed for hiring illegal aliens Americas economy will be down in the dumps. If Walmart and McDonalds would go out of business for this reason there would be serious problems! There wouldn't be many scholarships and worst of all there wouldn't be many jobs. That would result into more problems. There would be less employed people which means more people would depend on the government. And it will all turn to chaos. Another reason why this is not going to help is if every business starts denying jobs to them who would do all the hard heavy work? Who would work in construction? Who would do all those jobs that are needed and are left behind for the governments ignorance?

Many families have been broken apart for this cause. Most of the time it's the parents that have been deported and the child stays here. Or they are forced to go to a country they probably had never been to or don't know anyone there. They have to start over in a different language and writing which is hard. In some rare cases kids (and some adults) that have lived all their life here and believed that they were U.S. citizens that get sent back. If this would happen to you I bet you wouldn't be so happy.

Deporting illegal immigrant is like destroying a very worshiped dream. If they really wanted to come here just for the heck of it then why would the risk their life jumping a fence, crossing a desert, or being mugged by people that have promised them to get there safely. If they are willing to do that then they must not have it all smooth in their country. Many people risk it all to get a tiny to get a job, some shelter and food. When they get deported all of their hard work and effort is thrown away.

Immigration laws are getting tougher and tougher every year. This isn't friendly to many countries. For example Mexico there are many Americans that have gone to Mexico and live there because they businesses there. For example most of the big hotel owners in the coastlines are American. And they stay there to live for business. Isn't that what most illegal immigrants do stay for business? My point is that many countries can do the same thing back to this country. This goes against many human rights. Why is this land be owned by and controlled by the government, is a question that I will always ask myself.

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