I’m not against immigration. I’m a daughter of immigrants…third generation. But those who come over here UNDOCUMENTED and expect to tap into our social services system that is intended for legal immigrants and citizens is wrong. Those who come over here to have babies expecting citizenship…is wrong. Those who bribe citizens with fraudulent marriage to obtain citizenship is wrong and spits in the face of the millions who have come over here according to the laws and immigrated the right way.
It has worked for over 200 years….the system still works. there is no reason why immigration cannot be done according to already established laws.
I’ve heard that families are starving…..so were my Irish immigrant great-great-grandparents’. Political persecution….I have family who escaped Europe in the 1930’s. The difference is that those immigrants RESPECTED this country. That is what angers me……the people who come here with no respect, yet they seem to feel entitled.
All I can say, is that you are welcome…..IF you respect our nation like you would want us to respect yours, and immigrate according to our laws.
To Dorothy Carlson:
Thank you for taking the time to read my blog. Nuestra Senora aims to provide transparency to a political regime that is often times exclusive and discriminatory. To this end, the Los Angeles that I live in is defined by cycles of immigration and forced migration due to financial, political, and social instability that is often initiated or supported by western hegemony.
I feel strongly that this country must amend its immigration policy to put a stop to the xenophobia and false information that have long defined the way this place stigmatizes immigrants of color.
You are entitled to your opinions and your history. However, my history has taught me that the immigration policies you refer to privileged white immigrants and polices such as the Chinese Exclusion Act of the late 19th century and the Bracero Program of the 1930’s discriminate on immigrants of color. Until true immigration reform is passed, the backbone of this economy will continue to be what you define as ‘undocumented.;
The laws that are in place do not take into account the historical trajectory that has riveted issues of immigration in the US and across Western Europe. It is now that we are witnessing the effects of imperialism, colonization, and domination, as third world countries are ill-equipped to adequately provide for all of its residents. Now, I maintain this is not inadequacy on the part of these countries and for that fact, three continents, but the disenfranchisement that lingers as the colonial powers that be raped the land of its natural resources and continue to do so with plans of privatization.
Now with this history, I ask you to respect the histories of others and acknowledge that your history is relative to an immigration policy that is delinquent because of its discriminatory and exploitative gaze. Can we agree that this country’s wealth was built on the backs of slave laborers, who were raped and pillaged from their native countries and placed? With that, please acknowledge that today’s economy is built on the invisible labor force, that is drawing new similarities to the Jim Crow south each day, as low-wages, horrid working conditions, and lack of representation leave individuals who fled disparaging conditions with no where to turn but predatory creditors.
I hope that you, as a third generation descendent of immigrants respect those who kill themselves to keep this country working. Those that lost their farms in their native countries because of free trade and neoliberalism, who are now canning your fruit and freezing your vegetables in factories across the U.S. Those that sew your clothes from Los Angeles to Saipan. Those that mow your lawn, gut your home, and tile your floor for money that is less than the total number of fingers on your right hand.
Legalization is for all is something that is not only right, but humane. Millions will continue to come to the U.S., France, England, and Italy. Because billions of people in the third world have limited options and low rates of survival. So let’s just work it out Dorothy Carlson by taking some time out of our privileged lives to learn a little bit about world history and humanity.
I’m not against immigration. I’m a daughter of immigrants…third generation. But those who come over here UNDOCUMENTED and expect to tap into our social services system that is intended for legal immigrants and citizens is wrong. Those who come over here to have babies expecting citizenship…is wrong. Those who bribe citizens with fraudulent marriage to obtain citizenship is wrong and spits in the face of the millions who have come over here according to the laws and immigrated the right way.
It has worked for over 200 years….the system still works. there is no reason why immigration cannot be done according to already established laws.
I’ve heard that families are starving…..so were my Irish immigrant great-great-grandparents’. Political persecution….I have family who escaped Europe in the 1930’s. The difference is that those immigrants RESPECTED this country. That is what angers me……the people who come here with no respect, yet they seem to feel entitled.
All I can say, is that you are welcome…..IF you respect our nation like you would want us to respect yours, and immigrate according to our laws.
We will welcome you, just do it right.
To Dorothy Carlson:
Thank you for taking the time to read my blog. Nuestra Senora aims to provide transparency to a political regime that is often times exclusive and discriminatory. To this end, the Los Angeles that I live in is defined by cycles of immigration and forced migration due to financial, political, and social instability that is often initiated or supported by western hegemony.
I feel strongly that this country must amend its immigration policy to put a stop to the xenophobia and false information that have long defined the way this place stigmatizes immigrants of color.
You are entitled to your opinions and your history. However, my history has taught me that the immigration policies you refer to privileged white immigrants and polices such as the Chinese Exclusion Act of the late 19th century and the Bracero Program of the 1930’s discriminate on immigrants of color. Until true immigration reform is passed, the backbone of this economy will continue to be what you define as ‘undocumented.;
The laws that are in place do not take into account the historical trajectory that has riveted issues of immigration in the US and across Western Europe. It is now that we are witnessing the effects of imperialism, colonization, and domination, as third world countries are ill-equipped to adequately provide for all of its residents. Now, I maintain this is not inadequacy on the part of these countries and for that fact, three continents, but the disenfranchisement that lingers as the colonial powers that be raped the land of its natural resources and continue to do so with plans of privatization.
Now with this history, I ask you to respect the histories of others and acknowledge that your history is relative to an immigration policy that is delinquent because of its discriminatory and exploitative gaze. Can we agree that this country’s wealth was built on the backs of slave laborers, who were raped and pillaged from their native countries and placed? With that, please acknowledge that today’s economy is built on the invisible labor force, that is drawing new similarities to the Jim Crow south each day, as low-wages, horrid working conditions, and lack of representation leave individuals who fled disparaging conditions with no where to turn but predatory creditors.
I hope that you, as a third generation descendent of immigrants respect those who kill themselves to keep this country working. Those that lost their farms in their native countries because of free trade and neoliberalism, who are now canning your fruit and freezing your vegetables in factories across the U.S. Those that sew your clothes from Los Angeles to Saipan. Those that mow your lawn, gut your home, and tile your floor for money that is less than the total number of fingers on your right hand.
Legalization is for all is something that is not only right, but humane. Millions will continue to come to the U.S., France, England, and Italy. Because billions of people in the third world have limited options and low rates of survival. So let’s just work it out Dorothy Carlson by taking some time out of our privileged lives to learn a little bit about world history and humanity.