Monday, November 9, 2009

Immigration. Is it good?

In a country that was founded by immigants, who would have ever thought that immigration would be a problem. Not just any problem, a huge prolem, striking a debate across the nation. Every person has their own beliefs, whether to let them stay or to force them out. Some people have stereotypes that every immigrant is illegal, some people have steretypes that every immigrant is a Mexican, some people are wrong.

A blog written by Dee, titled, Comprehensive Immigration Reform: PROs and ANTIs, shows a different viewpoint and gets a little controversial. Dee begins by stating that the country is divided between Pro-Immigration and Anti-Immigration groups. She is obviously a member of the first. In the paragraph on Pro-Immigration she talks about pro-immigration foundations and how they rarely ever make internet posts. She says that they rarely ever rally together. She then finishes her paragraph saying, "The difference between Anti's and Pro's is that the Pro's advocate a path a path to citizenship for the 12M(number of immigrants)."

This paragraph is absoulutely true, Pro groups rarely ever make public statements, let alone internet posts, so they are not usually well-known. Also her last statement is also very true. Pro groups are for creating a better and quicker way for an immigrant to become a citizen, while Anti groups are just against immigration completely.

Dee then goes on to talk about the Anti groups. This is where her blog gets controversial. Dee associates the term "American" to a white, northern, European ethnicity. I feel as if this statement was just put in her blog to cause controversy so that people would post, it is in fact an internet blog, because it has no other purpose. She says Antis tend to be "very angry" and that they "claim the 12M drag down the minimum wage." Both of these statements are stereotypes, making her a hypocrite.