
The American dream is just as alive today as it was when the
term was coined. The American dream
consists of equality, democracy, and material prosperity, all wrapped up with a
pretty bow and white picket fence. You
and I are no different from our ancestors. As each generation lives, their
dream is the same: the quest for a better life than the previous generation.
But if we think about it, here is our fellow man coming from
a different country without knowing the language, without knowing the laws, the
politics, the system, the customs, the traditions, the way of life. It is all
unknown territory.
What do we have that they don’t have in their own country?
Immigration reform is a challenging topic. It is a topic that
brings about a wrath like none other I have witnessed. When we generalize, the common misconception
is that all immigrants are Mexican. We fail to recognize that we are ALL
immigrants that came from some place. Whether we like it or not, the truth is,
is that we are all the product of our ancestors migrating to the motherland we
call the land of the free for a legitimate reason. We don’t just move from
place to place because we like to move.
This little girl deserves the future of her choosing. And if that means to completely escape from
everything she has ever known, so be it.
Trust me, there is a really good reason for it.
It is time to have a dialogue about comprehensive
immigration reform.