The Immigrant's Universe

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Immigrants, documented and undocumented, continue to come to the U.S. for the same reasons they always have; to work, to reunite with family members, and to flee persecution. Further many also hope to escape poverty, abuse, human rights violations, and to pursue the American Dream. This is evidenced by the lack of basic rights in most of their homeland countries. Now more than ever before, thousands are applying for citizenship out of fear; they feel that they must become U.S. citizens to secure their best chances for protection from corrupt law enforcement agencies. “United States of America, the land of opportunities, the home of the brave” is a well known motto. Since Pilgrims migrated on the Mayflower, there has been no land more suited to reside in and raise a family. A record 1,046,539 persons were naturalized U.S. citizens in 2008. The leading countries of birth of the new citizens were Mexico, India, and the Philippines. Fascination with the United States of America, is an occurrence that takes place all around the world. This country’s enchantment is so powerful that people from any given country would surrender every possession, endure any pain, and even risk their own lives just to arrive here. This is the only place on earth where a person may arrive with only the clothes he or she wears, with no education, and be immediately enthralled with dreams of greatness and, years later, be able to tell its story of glory. The U.S. response to foreign policy involving human rights, has come to depend heavily upon which rights being focused upon. Our policy in word as well as in practice, as it pertains to immigration policy, is not included in our US Constitution which was adopted in 1789. Today technology has made the world a concrete single system where people immigrate continuously. There is no an insolate place in the planet. Many world problems exist now without solution, however, unless the U.S. makes a conscious effort with a constitutional solution to help freeing all these people from hunger and poverty the immigration “exodus” to the U.S. will be endless with the possible danger of another civil war. Yet, a great amount of information about this situation and the U.S. immigration foreign policy is readily available, and this great amount of information combined with the theoretical principles formulated here and in my book, does yield some significant implications for our U.S. immigration foreign policy. When the conclusion that the acquisition of subsistence is a basic right, meets the assumption that the foreign policy of every nation ought at a minimum to recognize, officially whatever basic rights people have, it follows that the U.S. immigration foreign policy ought to indicate explicitly that subsistence rights are indeed basic. Further it should dictate that the compliance of these rights are mandatory, for the participation of these neighbor countries into to the U.S., trade and commerce including immigration visa’s quotas. The immigration dilemma that we have has resulted in many people arriving with visions of equal rights, and fair treatment, but find that they are unable to afford adequate living conditions, and have no equal rights. A lack of diversity has contributed to this, therefore, it has become necessary that we as a people demand rectified immigration laws. The illusions of grandeur that many arrive with are replaced with the reality of a country that would jail immigrant and refugee children. This country has forgotten what their symbols truly mean. Lady Liberty has named herself “Mother of Exiles” has called for the “tired, poor, and huddled masses.” She knows that they are “yearning to breathe free” and she wants to adopt the “the homeless, and tempest-tost” who have traveled thousands of miles to escape poverty, hardship and persecution in their homelands. Emma Lazarus served as a conduit for the thoughts of Lady Liberty, and some have shown themselves to be jealous children. Those who were born from her begrudge those who are children of her heart.

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