Making a Change

Jorge Ramos is a Mexican born naturalized American news anchor who has been with Noticiero Univision for 21 years. He has won eight Emmy's and is a well respected journalist among English speaking networks like CNN, ABC, and CBS. This man is a man that can cause change and realizes that and for that reason wrote WHEN SPEAKING OF IMMIGRANTS, WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE about what we need to do to set ourselves up for a better outcome in immigration reform.

We cannot see change in the world from one day to the next without making small changes one day at a time. It all starts with one person, someone posting an article, their network of friends read it and those people post it and so on. Even as simple as talking about it is enough to start the ball rolling.

A change as simple as the language we use can help transform the way people perceive a certain group of people. What is the most common way the media refers to undocumented immigrants? "illegal aliens"

Besides entering into the U.S. without government approval, what about these people is illegal? Their existence? Their way of life? Picking lettuce is illegal? Cleaning your house and feeding your children is illegal?

And what makes these people alien? Alien to me means extraterrestrial . . . last I checked all these people come from places around planet earth.

For those who seriously want to see a change need to change their vocabulary so that those who are intolerant of undocumented immigration start to perceive undocumented immigrants as people and not aliens.

One thing people forget about is why there are so many undocumented immigrants. Money, money and money, not the only factor but the number one factor. If you don't have money for an attorney, filing fees, immigration fees, you have your hands tied.

What other factors affect the high volume of people in the U.S. that are undocumented?
- Lack of network, not knowing who to go to if they don't have friends who have been through the status adjustment process.
- Language is huge factor, it limits the resources they have available to them which can also limit the quality of service they can get from certain attorneys.




On a separate note, no update from the attorney. There will be no mention of it until I actually hear from the attorney, no point in posting everyday telling you I have no news.

May life be brewing some goodies for me :)

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