Frontline

My professor just recently recommended this video to our class in the Frontline series published by PBS about immigration. It uncovered truths about a detainee camp in southern Texas and exactly what the government program called ICE has been doing to handle illegal immigration. I would recommend it!

This video really opened my eyes to the issues this country faces with immigration. My head is still spinning as to what could possibly be the best solution to allow these aliens a chance at the American way while still staying within the law.

Maybe this is just my sheer ignorance in all things political, legal and modern, but I had no idea that the United States maintained a detainee facility in Southern Texas, let alone that we had already found and deported hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants.

What a devastating idea that the Secure Communities program under ICE is tearing apart thousands of families with American children. While that is horrible to think about and the effects dramatic, it really shows undocumented citizens the justice of the legal system we live by in America. Aliens shouldn't just expect to receive mercy from the government because they came across the border and had a child and should therefore not be separated from them.

Then there's the question to be asked of why didn't those illegal parents of the American born children apply for naturalization? They knew they were just one arrest away from a flight back to their native countries. If they cared enough about their children they would have taken theprecautions and steps necessary to avoid deportation.

But maybe the legal system should show more mercy and make the application process simpler and more affordable for illegals. This would undoubtedly increase the number of applicants I fear at an alarming rate, but it would also give illegal families a greater chance at the American dream.

Watch the video here.