Immigrants: According to some opinionators from the media nuts environment, immigrants are disease-ridden people who are being provided safe harbor by President Obama. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, an immigrant is a plant or animal that becomes established in an area where it was previously unknown. There is also another definition: An immigrant is a person who keeps coming to the US to take up permanent residence. According to some media sources, it is always the same guy —A Mexican.
Donald Trump: And then we lived through June 16, 2015 —a date that will live in infamy— when Donald Trump announced that he was running for president by saying that he was very rich and pointing out that Mexico sends to the United States “people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” Sure, Trump —the Real Estate mogul— can be entertaining but his hate speech and his ignorance —his lack of human empathy— is not funny. During the debate, November 10, Trump invoked President Eisenhower’s deportation policy of the 1950s, better known as “Operation Wetback” when hundreds of thousands of immigrants were rounded up and deported. Will this be the GOP of 2016? Can the GOP afford the Trump brand in the long term? Probably no. Will the White House host President Trump —a.k.a. A Berlusconi moment for the country—? Hopefully no. In soccer terminology, Donald Trump is an unpredictable, missing goals prone striker —strange dribbler, wooly header, and dirty tricks expert. A defender’s nightmare.
Dreamers: Those youngsters who dream of America because they are Americans. Congress gave them the name but never passed the legislation after their name: The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. For years, Congress had the key to heaven for these kids —the legal status they deserve— but they preferred to play politics with these young souls and kept them in limbo.
A Federalist Question: The Supreme Court declared that immigration policy shapes our destiny, expressly stating that our history “Is in part made by the stories, talents, and lasting contributions of those who crossed oceans and deserts to come here.” Since tomorrow’s history is today’s immigration policy, why the Republican candidates keep filling the airwaves with so much ignorance, hostility, and nonsense toward immigrants?
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Avendaño is Executive Editor of El Tiempo Latino
@AlbertoAvendan1
