Illegal Immigration
Posted: Tuesday, March 31, 2009
by Rose-Marie Chaperon
Chaperon Consulting, LLC
Au under developing country is what one would refer to as a third world country whereas we would also refer to an industrialized nation as a developed country (Shah, 2008) . We refer to an undeveloped country as a third world country because of the lack of wealth and material that 70% of the citizens of that country are not privileged to. When the majority of people in an undeveloped country is suffering and struggling to make ends meet, having a strong economy has no impact on the rest (Shah, 2008) . Imagine leaving in a country where the daily essentials a person needs to survive such as food, water, and clothing are so difficult to obtain to a point life becomes unbearable.
While reading a few harsh and uncaring comments, a few would tend to agree somehow if they were heartless people who only see one side of the story. If there were a few persons who think that undocumented aliens are here to suck the economy dry. In reality it is not the case. After visiting many countries outside of the United States, after those heartbreaking trips I could not even began to blame anyone for wanting a better life for their families.
There are a lot of myths about undocumented aliens: Myth number 1: illegal immigrants take up billions of taxpayer dollars, and put little in return. Myth number 2: according to US statistics, those that come over here, are poor, and remain so. Myth number 3: Those that come over refuse to "integrate", instead feeling that our society should change to convenience them. All these myths could have been true if, all undocumented aliens were not hard workers, they did not attend school, or they did not become naturalized citizens. In addition, those naturalized citizens children become public officials, teachers, doctors, attorneys, and even president of the United States. Oh well, I guess it would be easier to say that all undocumented aliens take from the country instead of contributing to it.
Call it what you wish, illegal aliens, illegal immigrants, boat people, or undocumented aliens. We must not forget that these same people allow corporate America to spend less on wages and healthcare coverage. Those same people allow Americans the opportunity to go to school and to obtain better jobs. How so? Because the undocumented aliens take on the lowest jobs for a fraction of what Americans would not have taken.
Who would have thought that undocumented aliens play an important role in the U.S. economic? The U.S. ships its unwanted jobs outside of the country instead of giving them to immigrants who are already living in the United States. Immigrants in the United States are treated like second-class citizens, on the same token when Americans visit other countries; they are expected to be treated with respect and dignity. Is that the definition of hypocrisy? Has America has lost its focus on compassion.
In reality people come to America for a better life, they come to America to escape poverty, hunger, genocide, and simply to get a piece of the American dream. People do not come in this country to hurt us, there is a very small amount of theorist in the world, those are not considered to be people seeking economic opportunities, they are in a class of their own. Instead of sending the undocumented aliens home, we should make it easier for them to become legal. By doing that we are restoring humanity.
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