Today i was watching the news and it was not what occurred during the news, but during the commercial time that caught my attention. An anti-Meg Whitman ad came on the old tube and complained about her policy for immigration. This a summation of what it said: Meg Whitman and Barack Obama share the same ideas on immigration. She apparently believes illegal immigrants should have to stand at the "back of the line" and "pay a fine". Allegedly, Obama feels the same. The republicans complain that her ideals essentially add up to amnesty.
As you can see, this is an issue for the republican party since they want to build an impenetrable fortress of a fence around our
country. This is where i pose my question: What the hell is wrong with us?
Amnesty- pardoning, grace, reprieve, discharge, etc. Nowhere in either of those two solutions do i see the term amnesty, as it is traditionally defined, being fulfilled through action or idea... though i guess it is never out of question that the government has the ability to redefine a word and say that's what it means now. I mean they redefine all kinds of other rules to fit their own agendas. What is wrong with us?
We are so concerned as a country of regulating and oppressing people that "weren't here to begin with" or are "illegal aliens". We need to swallow our pride and stop being so insensitive. to begin with, it is not like we have a ton of people coming to our country illegally and freeloading. Immigrants come here to work and make money so that their families can live one one-millionth the kind of lifestyle we are privileged enough to have. The solution should be neither making people pay or making so that they get to suffer in their own country while the rest of OUR own little worlds continue to revolve in perfect circles... or so it seems.
What happens when our country fails and we all have to emigrate to other countries for work. What happens when our infrastructure fails and economies collapse and vulnerability and exploitation ensue to chaos. What then will we say? Will be trapped by our own fortress as the rest of the world midns their own business? Why do we continue to turn our backs on those in need simply because we don't see it. The reason we don't see it is because we are ignorant. myself included. I turn a blind eye every day to those in need.
I go to a very affluent school whose students are more than able to give a helping hand financially. That's cool and all, but like the Black Eyed Peas say, "Where is the love?" Where is the care through action? Where is the care through emotional support. God forbid we got our hearts dirty. It's bad enough to give 5 dollars when a disaster strikes. Oh no, now i can't get that burrito i wanted... i'll just have to eat only three meals today. It's dumb and it needs to stop, ASAP. This life is not about who lives in what country or who has the most stuff, it's about who shares what they have, namely love.
I am guilty of being terrible at sharing my love and time with those who need it and i am not saying it is an easy task, but it is the one at hand. We are each called to use our gifts we have been blessed with and to give freely, the love we are capable of giving. The beautiful thing about love is that we all, no matter how materialistically blessed or not, can share this one common thing, and it is a crime not to. So share love with someone today, no matter how big or small of a way you manage to do so... just do it.
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