The Republicans are going more along with the approach that they are pests invading our home, literally. The children coming in have faced severe poverty and they don't have money for doctors or the vaccines and medical help needed, so they come in with lice, scabies, and chicken pox, passing those on to the children in the US that they go to school with. The Republicans also worry about the gangs coming in that can be very dangerous, but they are are also bringing drugs in with them. It would seem that the Republicans worry more about the diseases that the children are bringing in than the children themselves. They are taking more of a selfish view on how it will effect their children, the kids that they know, than the refugees coming into our country.
In The Distance Between Us Mago, Carlos, and Reyna all had problems with lice while in Iguala, but their father made sure that before they came to the US that they didn't have lice. Most children can't afford to get rid of the lice, besides, that is also the least of their worries, seeing as they face starvation, poverty, and even homelessness everyday. It costs a lot of money for them to illegally get through the border, I would think that they would save their money for that than worrying about lice. But these issues haven't only just started with the refugees and illegal immigrants coming through. The Republicans need to remember that we were immigrants to this country, bringing along a legion of illnesses that killed quite a few more people than what the immigrants coming in now are bringing, we wiped out entire tribes of Native Americans with the diseases we brought in. What these children are bringing in are easily fixed and hardly fatal.
The Republicans selfish approach to the immigration issue is holding back so many children with great potential. Had Reyna not come to the US because she had lice, and wasn't healthy when she came, she wouldn't have written books that entire schools would one day read. She wouldn't have shaped lives and given some insight to immigration and given us an understanding of what it is really like in poverty stricken places. Coming to America can save children's lives, futures, and future generations to come. We need to look at the big picture, what we can do to help those less fortunate, how they will help our economy, and how we are saving children's lives. Not whether or not we will be getting lice from these children.
This was a great idea for a blog post subject. Immigration is such a huge topic in political debates today, and a candidates views on immigration can change their likelihood of being elected. I also really like your point that we were immigrants once too and shouldn't be hypocrites about immigration.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you incorporated politics in America, and what the different views on immigration are for Democrats and Republicans. Its super interesting to see how most Republicans don't want immigrants to enter the United States.
ReplyDeleteOne of the reasons I love this blog is because it deals with the views of politics in the U.S. and also the more humane side of the story. It gives us perspective on what the crisis is like in the United States, and the different view on it. You had a very powerful voice in this post as well. Love how you put the video on the page so we could look at it directly! Awesome job! :)
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