Immigration Reform

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Permalink Reply by Martha B. Gallegos on June 25, 2009 at 4:43pm

By all means! There is no such thing as Illegal immigration. Everyone in this Hemisphere is an immigrant! Yes, everyone came from somewhere else, including Native Americans, although they arrived well before the European invasion and had a right to their land. Europeans brought the sinister institution which was part of the Mercantilist scheme, slavery, i.e., the immigrants who were brought here against their will. That is modern history. As per the current debate:

1. All of the propaganda against people of Hispanic origin and the human rights violations that are committed in the name of Immigration Law is nothing but pure racism which, up to now, has been supported by the government and the media with complete impunity.

2. I think that it is time to reform "trade agreements,"as well as Immigration Laws. Jobs are outsourced to other countries such as Mexico, where people are paid slave wages, At the same time, the people who are expected to receive slave wages do not have the right to go to work to the country which is the source of their exploitation? If one examines the racist argument, "they are here to take our jobs," wouldn't a reasonable person also wonder what really happened to the job that was lost? instead of blaming the victim?

3. NAFTA's Labor clauses should be reformed together with our Immigration Laws. If a fair labor clause were included in NAFTA, we may not have such an an "immigration" problem. We may have the opposite, US citizens moving to the other country!

4. As per the 12 million who have worked to earn their right to call this nation home, more power to you! You deserve it. It should be your right along with health care, education, and a retirement with dignity.

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Permalink Reply by Marlin Bonilla on August 9, 2009 at 9:19pm

The Immigration reform is so, so important to us like it is to them, and I think we need to find just the minute the government find the equilibrium in the Health Care Reform, press them, to continue with the Immigration Reform, and I think one way is showing how economically the 40 Million LATINOS investments, influence the economic system.
We can find how beneficial in part this has been for some of our country's companies building right now the wealth, just basically understanding that we must invest in our own land, because today we do not know where we are going, we are not from here, we are not longer from there, and it does not show a KEY solution to open the door to 12 million (REMEMBER SPANISH IMMIGRANTS)..........................Your people.
So be smart and use your wisdom investing your $money$ .............RIGHT NOW.

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Permalink Reply by Jessica M on August 10, 2009 at 6:35am

Hello:

Yes, i am in favor of an Immigration Reform. I believe that the ones that came to this country
to work. and havent broke the law should have the opportunity to get legal. For many people this
would be an issue, as far as taxes and all. But we need to remember that some of these people
are very hard working and are here to work.
Thank you so much.
Jessica M

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Permalink Reply by Melissa R. Clary on August 10, 2009 at 8:28pm

As a resident in the southwest who has grown up experiencing this issue and saw all of the undocumented workers struggling to feed their families here in the US, it is difficult to acknowledge that it is STILL an issue today. It is troubling to know that specifically Latino immigrants live as second-class citizens in my state and others. As they experience the greatest number of unemployment rates in Nevada, it is troubling to know that Latinos are blantantly discriminated against in our school systems, workforce, and social services. I don't know what the answer is on immigration, because I feel that it is larger than a policy issue, it is at the core of discrimination and ignorance in our communities and deserves a deeper assessment by public officials and government bureaucrats. I feel for the Latino population since my own family, as German descendants faced similar frustration when they came here for work during World War II. I want to travel to Latin American countries to better understand the plight of a people whose various governments seem to be driving them out of their countries for lack of opportunity. I want to understand, as a future political leader myself one day hopefully, what can be done for Latino immigrants in the US and what the needs of the people are upon incorporating into the fabric of American culture and becoming fully accepted, without losing their Latino heritage and traditions. I am watching the American political climate on this issue and appreciate the insight of others on here.

Muchas gracias Fernando.
~Melissa

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Permalink Reply by Renata Calderaro on August 15, 2009 at 8:36pm

I believe that this posting from June must be re-visited. We urgently need immigration reform in these United States - the land of immigrants. I was recently interviewed for a documentary for the History Channel. The documentary deals with immigrants in the U.S., and I challenged every viewer to trace back his or her roots and count (in one hand I am sure) how many generations in his family were actually born in the United States.
I urge everyone who is interested in seeing the United States grow in a positive way to support immigration reform and to contact their senators and congressmen asking them to pass comprehensive immigration reform.
As an immigration attorney (and an immigrant myself), I can tell you that our regulations simply need to be updated. We have a nursing shortage, yet we do not have visas that allow nurses into the country (with limited exceptions). We need investors who can bring in capital from overseas and create jobs, yet Congress has extended the regulation that permits this only until the end of September! I could go on and on, but the reality is that our government needs to look at immigration as the way to the future. At present, we are only barely maintaining status quo in terms of population growth. Our demographics are not helping us grow and improve as a nation. We need immigrants, maybe even more than what people think immigrants need the U.S.
I hope you will support positive immigration reform.

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