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Back in the late 60s and early 70s, Boomers marched for civil rights.
Today a lot of them are supporting a law that will set civil rights back 100 years.
Can we really look at ourselves in the mirror and say that we're setting the right example for our children? Do we want them to judge a person based on the color of their skin? If not, why are so many in favor of this travesty of a law? I will be the first one to admit that this country needs to do something about the immigration issue, but this is not the way to go about it.
I also agree that the drug trade from Mexico is doing serious harm to the people of Arizona, and our country as a whole.
But, we are chasing the wrong end of the dog.
Until this country does something about drug usage and ending the demand for illegal drugs, we will never stop the import of the much in-demand product coming from our southern border, no matter how many walls we build, how many troops patrol the border, or how many laws we pass.
A History Lesson A look back to the early 20th century should teach us that laws like this do not work.
Prohibition did not work; alcohol was smuggled in from our northern border and made in stills in the back woods.
The first decade of the 21st century shows us that drugs are being smuggled in from our southern border and being produced in kitchens in every city in the US.
Do we honestly believe that tearing families apart simply because some of our young citizens happen to have been born to illegal immigrants will accomplish anything? Sending these young people "back where they belong" will do nothing more than force them to become part of the problem.
They won't receive adequate schooling and there is no work for them.
So what will they do? They will start making, selling, and smuggling drugs into the country of their birth, just to put food on the table.
Don't try to convince me that this is the answer to anything other than more chaos.
Folks, it's time to start bringing more common sense and less emotion to an issue that is as old as our country.
Have we forgotten that the only people who can rightfully call this country theirs are our American Indians? We are all immigrants; we all came from somewhere else.
Our ancestors were looking for a better life, and that better life became reality.
How can we ignore that fact now? Pursuing the American Dream The majority of illegal immigrants from our southern borders are looking for a better life.
They are chasing that American Dream we tout so highly.
The majority are hard working people who are doing jobs we fat and happy citizens wouldn't dream of doing.
Who will pick our lettuce, trim our trees, mow our lawns, clean our houses, and take care of our kids? We don't want to - we want to hire someone to do the dirty work for us.
Perhaps if those people who put this new law in to place have to crawl up into an Acacia tree filled with thorns in 110 degree heat to trim the top, they will think twice about the trickle down effect their law has brought about.
Perhaps when those same people have to take their frail, ailing mother or father into their own homes to care for them they will learn a difficult lesson.
Perhaps they will think twice about those caregivers who work for minimum wage, or less and care for our elderly with love, compassion and tenderness.
We Need More Logic, Less Emotion It's time to start thinking with a little more logic and a little less emotion.
In the Sunday, May 2, edition of The Arizona Republic, there was a lengthy article about the lack of violence on the Arizona border.
The Nogales assistant police chief, Roy Bermudez, was quoted, "You can look at the crime stats.
I think Nogales, Arizona, is one of the safest places to live in all America.
" Given the content of this article, I find it amazing that our politicians and fear mongers have used violence and smuggling on our southern borders as an excuse to incite racial hatred.
Haven't we grown up enough to realize this does not work? America, it's time to get informed about the facts and stop relying on politicians and the media to tell us only their side of the story.
After all, isn't that what America is all about? Fear and hatred are taught - they are not inherent traits.
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