Illegal's and the American Dream

Many Hispanics from poor Latin countries migrate to the United States in search of better life for themselves and the families they may have left behind. However, unlike many of the immigrants before them that are now embraced and celebrated for there entrance into Ellis Island we keep immigrants as slaves. They are everywhere from Park Avenue homes and West Palm Beach gardens to Beverly Hills mansions building structures, sewing and harvesting orchards, and nurturing children. Americans are responsible for employing all of these illegal immigrants and yet we are willing to fight against their right as citizens.

Mexican illegals alone are anticipated to climb from 9,000,000,000 to 14,000,000,000 between 2000 and 2010 according to the U.S census bureau with a net of 400,000 a year. These numbers are staggering because the first thing that comes to many Americans minds is “who will pay for this invasion”. The over crowding of schools, the special programs such as ESL, medical cost, human services, prisons, drug programs, and disease. These fears have increased the rising of vigilantes who patrol boarders mainly in Arizona and Texas. With guns in hand they have vowed to protect this country with force. The government wants to change the situation with policies such as the 1965 immigration act being reinforced and the newest proposal of the temporary workers program being introduced by the Bush administrations.

The 1965 immigration act also known as the Hart-Celler act or the INS act of 1965 allowed an annual limitation of 170,000 visas established for immigrants from the Eastern Hemisphere countries with no more that 20,000 per country. By 1968, the limitation was reset at 12,000 immigrants, with visas available on first-come, first-served bases. The University of Berkley reports that legal immigration is down 29% percent due to the strict and many times confusing requirements of obtaining United States citizenship. In July 2004 Mexico's president Vicente Fox asked United States President Bush to grant legal status to about 3,000,000,000 undocumented immigrants living in the United States previous to 1996.

The temporary work program states that the workers would be able to come into the United States to work with companies who are offering jobs citizens are unwilling to take .This status will last three years and the immigrant will have to return to his or her country in order to be eligible for them to continue in this program. Also we would provide incentives for the foreign worker to return to his or her country. Before entering the program the worker will be responsible for a one-time fee and for some a special tax-prep referred saving account will be established for their earnings .This will enable the United States the able to track these employees by the information provided by the company. This idea sounds like a good start on the surface but to some it sounds like the government has a new way to watch, tax and continue to have cheap labor without providing benefits to those who are giving so much. Business want cheap labor and consumers want cheap prices but what will be the end result of this greed if this is the only concern.

Americans wants the illegal’s to pay taxes but do not want them taxing social services. We don’t not them stealing jobs but these low skilled job are the most undesirable. They are low paying, no room for growth, no tuition reimbursement, insurance, 401k, or any other perk associate with having a stable position. These positions have long hours and are thankless but many Mexican immigrants are proud to make a living with these jobs. An enormous amount of these undocumented citizens are preparing and building futures for themselves and family members on concrete, dirt, blood, sweat, and tears as it was done by the Irish, Italians, Polish, Africans, and any other Non-Natives.

Most of us here have no right morally judging the way the immigrants inter the country because history teaches us the struggles of our own ancestors coming to the unknown. The idea of converging into a country where you were stripped of everything including your name and culture and sacrificing for the empowerment of a future generation of your lineages. This best describes the plight of Mexican workers and not