Immigration Reform

Illegal Immigrants Deserve a Humane and Fair Immigration Law Which Would regulate Their Status

There is an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States. They are working jobs that need to be done, that someone has to do and that many of us would never take. They are still in the darkness waiting for a change in the system which could regulate their status and come out to the light. These people deserve fair treatment. We can not remain indifferent about this situation.

We live in a country formed by immigrants from all over the world. Illegal immigration is one the principal world problems that humanity faces today. Humiliations, and ill treatment suffered by immigrants are constantly reported. Thousands of people die every year trying to cross landborders and seas in very dangerous ways, risking their lives just to find a better future.

Thinking about this sensitive and complex topic, it is good to share some of the articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was approved and proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations the 10 of December of 1948.

Article 25

1. Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, and housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.

Article 26

1. Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.

Article 13

1. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

Article 28

Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.

We would all like to have that freedom and those rights declared in there: to meet our basic needs, to have access to superior education and to have the opportunity to be able to choose where to live and develop ourselves. However, we all know that that’s not the reality in most small countries around the world.

New statistics from the Office of Immigration Statistics in the US Department of Homeland Security estimate that there were 2.5 million more illegal immigrants living in the United States in January 2006 than there were in January 2000, with an increase of half a million since January 2005. The report comes amidst animated debate on comprehensive immigration reform, to which the US House and Senate have taken sharply different approaches. A report released in March this year by the Pew Hispanic Center estimated that the total number of illegal immigrants in the US has risen to some 12 million, with nearly 850,000 new illegal immigrants coming to the US each year since 2000.

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