Everyone thinks undocumented immigrants are here because they cross the border with the help of coyotes, or other family members or just decide to cross the border themselves regardless of the laws in this country. David Moreno, like many other stories I've heard, came here on a visitor visa but never left.
On many of the articles I've read, I always read the comments, and angry readers talk about how undocumented immigrants have no regard for the law, and they are selfish and just want all kinds of freebies. The law is the last thing you are thinking about when your family is starving, or your life is threatened by drug lords in the neighborhood or even police.
There is also lots of talk about how the countries from which these undocumented immigrants come from need to take responsibility for their own people and provide the services of education and jobs for their own people. I actually brought this up in conversation with some friends the other day, do these people even realize what the cause of impoverishment is? GLOBALIZATION, NAFTA. Cheap labor with unchecked labor conditions that many people cannot survive, multi-million dollar corporations invading these countries are what ruin communities and force people to leave their home countries in search for better opportunities.
Americans want cheap products, where are these cheap products made? There are many people who will just live through the conditions but others, the undocumented immigrants in the U.S. who want to change the life-style they and their families have grown up in.
Oh I wish the crazy people who comment on those articles could read this . . . but maybe not because there are some intense nuts out there. They do need to know this though, one day I'll be able to say this openly, for now this is as open as it gets.
Yes I've been reading a lot of articles today, I apologize for all the emails (for those of you who subscribe).
Thanks for reading though :)
MUCH LOVE!!!
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