Build A Wall?
On America's Undocumented Population.
In America there is what we claim and what we do.
America was built on the backs of immigrants. From the
Railroads that were notably built by Chinese, African and Irish immigrants to
the lucrative slave trade (forced immigration) that directly supported
economies in Brittan, West Africa, and the West Indies, America is an
immigrant’s nation.
Currently however, the land of Freedom where dreams
come true has become a land of Nightmares for those hoping to make it home.
According to a Gallup poll 77% of Americans identify
as Christians yet the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds
that 70% (of American's) are for building a wall. On a moral front this stance
is difficult to reason with.
Especially when we look at Bible verses like:
Leviticus 19:34
'The stranger who
resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love
him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your
God.
Hebrews 13:2
Do not neglect to
show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without
knowing it.
To name
a few others that directly address The Christian relationship with foreigners:
Deuteronomy 10:19, Deuteronomy 14:29, Deuteronomy
26:11, Deuteronomy 24:19-21, Deuteronomy 26:12-13, Ephesians 3:1, Job 31:32, 3
John 1:5, Leviticus 19:10, Leviticus 23:22, Leviticus 25:35, Matthew 25:44, Matthew
25:35, Matthew 25:38, Ruth 2:10, 1 Timothy 5:10
There
are those who do not claim religious affiliation and would not consequently be
subject to the verses above but trust me when I say they too are misguided if
they are indeed hoping to build a wall.
A couple
of common Americans complaints are that: immigrants take jobs intended for Americans
crashing the economy; that aliens use tax dollars yet do not pay taxes; and
reform would reward lawbreakers.
Yet
again, these claims have no basis in truth and seem to be entirely ignorant of
certain undeniable facts.
Firstly,
The National Immigration Forum reminds us that we are spending an average of
$5.05 million a day on immigration detention (jailing illegal immigrants). This
is where the tax dollars are going, not into the pockets of disenfranchised and
alienated individuals in need but instead to detain them for having the same
dream we do, for desiring the same liberties we give to our children as a birth
right.
Donald
Trumph has proposed we build a wall between Mexico and the southern united
states ranging from 35-90 feet tall. To build the 35-foot wall would coast approximately
25billion tax dollars and maintenance would exceed building coasts within 7
years.
The
Guardian points to the hundreds of American citizens were sued by the American government
and forced to relinquish rights to their property in the construction of Former
President George Bush’s Secure Fence Act in 2006.
Secondly,
The Washington Post notes that the solid majority of immigrants work low wage
jobs as farm Leigh borers. As for this wrecking the economy a Study conducted
by the Manhattan university N.Y. contradicts this thought entirely. The study
finds “An additional 182,000 foreign graduates in science and
technology fields would have remained in the U.S. Their contribution to GDP
would have been $14 billion in 2008, including $2.7 to $3.6 billion in tax
payments.”
Immigrants
are also less likely to commit violent crimes that their native counterparts!
The
stance that we would be rewarding law breakers is a slanted claim given that we
could easily invite people to become citizen with less barriers to citizenship
for less money than we are spending and have spent to aggressively combat
immigration.
The law
as in requires hopeful citizens to comply with restrictions on everything from
where they live to the languages they must be able to speak though America does
not have an official language. If all of that is not bad enough you should see
the test.
If you
would like to try your hand at a sample citizenship test:
And do
not worry If you did not pass. We are Americans no test can prove that we are
or are not and they should never stand in the way of us being able to protect
and provide for our loved ones. America was intended to be a land of freedom
and liberty for all by our founding fathers who also hoped to escape unjust
laws and fierce oppression by the hands of a government that saw men not as men
but as property. We are America and we have the unique opportunity to transcend
the mistakes of our forefathers.
We can remember that we are all descendants of
immigrants who were treated unkindly.
We can choose to truly make America great by stepping beyond ourselves into unity.
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