Right now. There's a big fight with this Immigration issue. This is no small thing. It affects people at all levels. Read on!

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My dad, from Durango, Mexico, worked in the U.S. for many years and came as part of a farm picking group. He’d travel the southwest, Northeast, Midwest and California, in search of farm work. Then after many deliberations with his father in law, my mom and family, He decided to go north, to the U.S. They first came to Tijuana, Mex. With my mom pregnant at the time with myself. We came to Santa Ana Calif., where we stayed with relatives in a one room dwelling. It was there, that shortly after, we rented a house on Daisy and 2nd St. in a beautiful Santa Ana, Ca. After a couple of years my dad, saw an opportunity and bought our house on 3rd and Townsend. There we stayed another 15 years. All the while, we worked to process our legal paperwork. My mom was born already in the states, so she was ok. Yet, our family became citizens of the U.S. Fast forward? The majority of my family are homeowners, with some who are part of the U.S. armed forces, and continue to grow in stature as citizens in the land of opportunity. Does it mean I do not know or understand prejudice, poverty or pain. No! Yet my personal point in the immigration is two pronged:

U.S. View:

1. The sapping of economic strength
The argument is people from other countries without proper documentation sap the economic strength of our nation. Which includes hospitals, DMV and employment.

2. Criminal behavior
That crimes are committed by illegals, and the U.S. government cannot track them down, due to a lack of information. And that especially those who do crimes should be deported.

3. it’s their government’s job to care for its citizens. Which is true.

IMMIGRANTS VIEW:

1. They search for a better life. That is all. They want to help in taking care of their families. And it cannot be done in the some lonesome poverty stricken ranch in their respective country.

2. That we were all immigrants at some time.

3. They are willing to work for low wages. As long as they work. They argue that if all immigrants stop working in the U.S. completely, the country would collapse. This ending the U.S.’ gripe that employment is being taken away from its citizens. This might be true.

BALANCED VIEW
It works both ways. We will never stop migration of foreign peoples to the U.S. God created this country with the best government system in the world. That is without saying. Yet there must be proper and righteous legislation to assimilate people into our borders. Illegal aliens must come to the realization that there is a ‘process’. That there is no free ride or lunch. That laziness on the legal side is part of the dilemma. Hey, just get yourself to that office in your country, and go through the process as many of us did. Even, if there is a waiting period. And that all good things take time.

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Being a citizen in the U.S. is a privilege, not a right. What I resent as a Hispanic is some two bit radicals and vigilantes on the extreme right. Who have developed a racial profiling mindset. That think they are better than others, because of a legal standing. Our standing is before God. We must never forget that. Some act as they were here at the creation of the world. Another gripe I have, is the violent marching of protesters for the immigrants. Doing and saying what ever in order to breed hatred, and dissension in or country. Alot of complaining about our nation, but then you find them first in line in the EBT line. There is hypocrisy on both sides. You have democratic congress people griping about the issue, then go home to their plush mansions at the end of the day. Something right, and accordingly must be done. This cannot go on.

BOTTOM LINE:
There is an answer and room for compromise. There is hope. The conservative or the liberal views are not right. And they are not wrong. They are both right as far as immigration is concerned. There is a middle part of the road. Our job as Christians is to uphold the law. Yet, be sensitive to the pain of immigrants. Are you aware many have actually died on the road to get here? One of them was my uncle. We must remember, that they are souls. May we not forget where we came from. Let’s, continue preaching the gospel of Christ, which will enable people to see themselves as part of God’s great plan. And be involved in the voting process and stand for biblical principles. If we do that, we will make a difference! Joshua 1:8

By Roy Valverde

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