The upcoming Arizona Immigration Law is severely flawed. It criminalizes to an extreme level those who have entered the country without wading through the mound of paper work and dealing with the obscenely long waiting period. What it doesn’t do is address the fundamental causes of undocumented workers. Currently the immigration system is set up to only “allow” a select few of individuals that are lucky enough to win the immigration lottery. Why is the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness criminal? It is the basis for which this country was founded; we of all people should be embracing individuals from other cultures and civilizations. We should not be putting a number on how many individuals can seek a better life. The fact that the United States has criminalized what it has stated in the Declaration of Independence, “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” It doesn’t say that only Americans are equal with other Americans, it says that all men are created equal. How are those that come from Latin America any different than those who were born here?
The law makers cite the criminality of those that come from Latin America as a reason for the new law, but I propose that the solution to this problem is not to increase the penalties for those who are undocumented but pass legislation that will allow more individuals to pass freely from Mexico to the United States. If we take away “illegal” nature of immigration we take away the power. We can then separate the proverbial wheat from the chaff. Here is how my proposal works, those that have a genuine desire to become naturalized citizens would then be free to transverse the border. Those with a criminal intent would continue to try to enter the country through diverse means (they would want to avoid the border because that is where they would be found out). This would create a policy of transparency of those who wish to enter the United States. It would take away the power and stigma of being an undocumented worker. Individuals that worked in the United States would be required to pay taxes and would thus pay for the implementation of this policy.
I am sure that my policy would be very unpopular with some and very popular with others. There doesn’t seem to be too many people on the fence about immigration. Most people fall on one side of the issue or the other. People cite losing jobs as to why they shouldn’t allow additional immigrants into the country, however any anecdotal evidence is few and far between. The opinion that undocumented workers steal jobs seems to be the political rhetoric of those who are unwilling or incapable of performing well enough to keep their jobs. In reality anyone worth their salt would have no need to fear increased competition but welcome the challenge to become better, to innovate and not settle. Besides isn’t the greater problem the corporations that outsource their workforce to other countries? Wouldn’t it make more sense to allow the undocumented workers in and keep the jobs and or taxes here in the United States?
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