Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Children Pay for Crack Down on Illegal Immigrants

Children Pay for Crack Down on Illegal Immigrants

In recent years Americans have engaged in fervent debate about our national policies on illegal immigration. We worry about lost jobs, crime, and the cost of illegal immigration nationally and in local communities. We argue about whether immigration should be addressed federally and whether the hardnosed policies of states like Arizona and Alabama have it all right or are dead wrong. Whether we decry illegal immigration or unsafe and exploitative employment, many of us applaud when a raid shuts down a worksite that employs illegal immigrants. But seldom, if ever, do we talk about what happens to the children of illegal immigrants -- children who have broken no laws, who come home from school to find their parents gone. Seldom do we stop to imagine what it might feel like if our children had to worry -- even for a moment -- whether they will ever see us again.

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous10:40 PM

    I am going to tell you the truth about Alabama dhr and the taking of our children. The cps of dhr get more federal dollars when they take parental rights from the Alabama citizens. I was thinking that the reason for this law was the shortage of children in our small state, since they prey on lower income families. This way they can take Mexican children and fool the general public into thinking the state is doing great things for Alabama.

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