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After the U.S. witnessed such an enormous influx of
unaccompanied minors earlier this summer, Americans were left wondering "what’s
the next step for immigration reform?" "Do we let them stay?" "Do we
send them back?" "How will this effect the President's proposed 'Path to Citizenship' for the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants?"
While some are
simply labeling this movement as a border crisis, others - primarily the
immigration activists - see this as more of a “humanitarian crisis.” Many of the now 60,000+ unaccompanied
minors who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border were escaping violent acts
brought upon by gangs and cartels in their South American hometowns and
villages. There is even talk of allowing such individuals to be granted asylum status in order to give them temporary, or maybe even permanent, status in the
United States.
All the while, record-breaking rates of deportations are
happening under President Obama's watch. Currently, 1,100
illegal immigrants are being deported every day, and immigrant communities, as
well as activists for these communities, are pleading for Obama to make it
stop. They believe having to wake
up every day and not knowing if their families will be broken because ICE may
find one of them deportable is an “inhumane” act.
They feel they are refugees attempting to save their own lives, not
simply “illegal immigrants.” On
the other side, you’ve got your believers who think if someone has been
committing a federal crime for the past five years by being in this country
illegally, the only thing they deserve is a bus ticket back to their
country. What do you think?
