Wednesday, February 13, 2013
given that undocumented workers are living illegally in the US, should they receive rights?
Primary: California introduced a bill to their state legislature in the mid 1990s to try and reduce the rights and welfare opportunities to illegal immigrants. This bill, named Proposition 187, was a highly controversial bill that received national attention. However, having rights as a human, regardless of status, is unalienable. According to our Declaration Of Independence, having civil rights is unalienable, regardless of status. Henceforth, the Supreme Court ruled the Proposition was illegal and unconstitutional. In California, one of the largest latino populations in the world, illegals come to work, not to receive benefits, but to earn a decent wage. Having the bill in place doesn't make sense, all it would do is hurt the state. Does restricting the use of immunizations to illegal children make sense, when diseases don't care who they live with. Having this bill, and restricting rights, won't stop the flow of illegal immigration. People come from all over Mexico in order to find a better life and risk everything doing so. They enter an entirely different culture and lifestyle with a new language present...they leave their family home and take a lot risks doing so. These men and women have a lot of guts, and these guts are stronger than any law. Denying immigrants help and welfare is not the answer to stop immigration, it is just a way to be cruel and unconstitutional.
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