Yesterday, March 28, 2013 4 of the 8 Senators who make up the "Gang of 8" made a visit to Nogales, Arizona. In my opinion, this move is to show some of the more natavist representatives in the country that the border is being inspected for security by this committee. Oddly enough, a women actually scaled the 18 foot fence while the Senators were there. Of course she was apprehended. This article doesn't mention anything about the women beyond the act. Although, Senator McCain (R-AZ) does use the incident to progress the status quo argument that the borders are not secure and there are threats too it.
Eric Cantor - a Republican in the House of Representatives is also mentioned in this article, alluding to the DREAM Act:
"We’ve got an opportunity to come together on one point, and that is the kids,” he told the U.S. news outlet. “If a kid was brought here by his parents or her parents, unbeknownst to them, and knows no other place … than America as home, why wouldn’t we want to give them a path to citizenship, and I think we should.”
This statement gives me hope for at least the DREAM act being passed before the 2014 elections. This also concerns me, because this could mean that true immigration reform will once again be pushed to the back burner and ignored until another problem arises. Not to downplay the importance of the DREAM Act being passed, however I believe the problem should be solved as opposed to bandaged.
Our economy calls these individuals here for work, because these unskilled laborers are normally working in manual labor jobs related to agriculture in the Southwest. This has been a historical movement of peoples, that was not enforced for much of American history. Instead of militarizing the border, we need to make the flow of legal immigration for work easier. Especially our neighbors who are apart of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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