The Sorbate: Immigration

Due to the recent immigration law passed in Arizona, the long-standing debate over immigrant documentation is coming to a head. Although we can all argue until we are blue in the face about different issues such as racial profiling, an “us versus them” mentality, and the face of an American, it does not appear that anything is going to be settled soon. What I am proposing is that race is not the issue, numbers are.
 

Immigration has been hotly debated in America since the country's inception, and recent developments in Arizona are no different. While there are some valid reasons to consider new or reformed laws regarding immigration, it is eerie to ponder the idea of any citizen having to provide evidence of citizenship at any given time. Considering the sci-fi horror films and historical images it invokes, it is fair to consider new immigration laws in...

The new law in Arizona is sickening. Institutionalized racism is disgusting. And that is exactly what this law is: de jure racism. To say that SB1070 is unconstitutional and bigoted would be an understatement. The new law is an invasion of civil rights as well as inhumane. Judging people by their skin color and accent is as ignorant and narrow-minded as it comes, and the lawmakers of Arizona who voted for this bill should be deeply...

When the issue of immigration comes up, I have very conflicting feelings. My parents are immigrants from the Philippines. They came here legally. My mother came here to be a chemist (though she started out VERY low on the totem pole) while my father proudly served 20 years in the U.S. Navy (again, low on the totem pole). My aunt has now been a legal citizen of the U.S. for over 10 years. She came here and petitioned for her family to join her...