The Solution is in the Heart

Immigration for Rational People

Jose Zuniga
Well, it's time to debate this so-called immigration issue. It really isn't a problem as it is a clashing of ideals. One group of people see the "outsider" as an unwelcomed guest. For getting rid of weeds and grass, they're a welcomed intrusion but if they try to get under the wing of the federal government, whom they cut weeds and grass for, they're a potential nuisance. Let's, also, consider that the female is more respected in my race. She has a right to stay in the country through sympathetic ideals. In certain practices, the term "legal" is confused with pretty. They wouldn't, for example, tell an all-woman Swiss-volleyball team to go back to their country. Certain conditions allow for hypocritical ideals.

Hardest to be hit is probably Education because it's now an immigration issue. People who are cultural are put into this box, where they can't study more than one race because they would seem anti-American to go outside America's box. The America box exits in the textbooks, too, where anything an American History book says has to be correct because it was written by Americans. I've seen these books. They give six or seven pages to Presidents but leave short paragraphs for Black, Asian or Latino inventors. In one book, the entire history of the Aztecs was covered in two lines which are paraphrased thusly, "Oh, yea and there was some Indians here and there doing something or other when the U.S. took over California."

On the other side is the, perhaps, victim of the states selfishness. Forced to escape the consequences of a drug trade that got out of hand because no one, either U.S. or Mexican government chose to intervene, these new immigrants now face claims of being criminals. How is the new law, then, not racial profiling. I'm sorry but you can't use the criminal excuse without first pointing at yourself for doing something criminal. It's like claiming to not own weapons while hiding a gun, which is perhaps what is happening on the borders.

People are being dragged around from state to state to escape drug cartels, which are getting stronger and stronger for some reason. You'd think with 100 or so people dead per day, they'd run out of bullets. However, you can't run out of bullets if you're trading them for drugs with the friendly U.S. who at least promises to intervene in the near future. Yes. Intervention. It's taking them four years to keep promising to intervene. It's kind of like the same respect that certain women get when a man goes into the bathroom to put a condom on and escapes through the window.

Nevertheless, that is not the problem. The problem is people ignoring the real truths. People should care about other people, regardless of color, gender or where they came from. This is not the case. Too much money is involved. And, regardless of the issue with caring, the people in charge only care about one thing and they don't care who gets stepped on, so they could get it. The current debate over California leadership is a perfect example of that. It used to be about issues, not blaming candidates for political gain. It, also, used to be about ideals, not sticking to one fallible idea (illegal immigration) to achieve votes within their parties.

Arizona's in such a big mess over their version of 187 (SB 1070, hey they're missing an 8 in there, just put one zero on top of the other), is one of these sparks that fuels the engine. The fire can't be put out while both sides are adamant that their correct, when neither side is even remotely close to a solution. Hello, shake hands and get over it. The law insults both races. It's saying that Border Patrol (the pride of Americans), are lazy in doing their jobs because they need help to stop immigrants from coming into the United States. Half of the people crossing over don't know where they ended up once they get here because of the ordeals they have to endure in crossing. They're like, "Where is Arizona?" In any case, they have to come to some agreement soon because there is an uncomfortable tension within California about what Arizona is doing and vice versa, I'm sure. I guess people just have to go back to thinking in terms of what's going to preserve more lives and keep people safer. You either get rid of a law that's always going to be controversial or you'll live in fear of it. Despite what lies the media spits out about percentages (when 6 out of 10 of those that take the surveys are white), we're all mixed in some way. These percentages have to be wrong, misinformed or made up to appeal to certain audiences.
It used to be U.S. citizens would admire themselves for looking back and correcting their mistakes; and now, they can't even see straight.

Published by Jose Zuniga

I'm an English Major attending California State University, Los Angeles. Currently, writing in bulk in the poetry and fantasy genres.  View profile

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