We Can Resolve the Immigration Issue Without Cruelty!

Many immigrants have come to our country as desperate refugees, some fleeing for their lives. The fact is most immigrants are honest, hardworking people, and this group has a lower crime rate than U.S. citizens.

Unless you’re a Native American, you’re an immigrant or come from immigrants. Many of the immigrants we came from were desperate and poor, often fleeing political persecution. But so many people have forgotten their roots, and have little sympathy for others’ plight. The cruelty that’s happening to people of color doesn’t matter since it’s not happening to their detractors. Once it happens to them, it will matter.

Solving the immigration issue doesn’t have to be difficult. There’s an alternative to punching down at the weak, the workers, the immigrants who are desperate and trying to create a better life. If we must punch somewhere, let’s punch up at the wealthy, the powerful, and all who exploit illegal immigrants for their cheap labor. Employers hiring illegal immigrants can be arrested and fined heavily. If employers are punished, the hiring of these illegal workers will decrease greatly. Going after employers will be cheaper than rounding up millions of individuals.

The immigration protocol being performed by the Trump administration is unacceptable with its lawless army called ICE invading our cities. People of color, including U.S. citizens, are being terrorized all over the country. Millions live in fear. 

It’s time for an alternative to dragging good, hardworking, honest people off to miserable detention camps. It’s time to stop zip-tying children, and deporting U.S citizen children without due process. It’s time to stop targeting citizens and non-citizens alike just because of the color of their skin. It’s time to stop ramming vehicles because someone has dark skin. It’s time to stop beating and killing people because they have dark skin. It’s time to stop grabbing people of color when they show up to their immigration hearings – these are honest people willing to go through the legal process. Trump’s promise to go after the worst of the worst was a good idea – I wish he would do that.

Even white people protesting the cruelty and posing no threat are being beaten and executed by ICE. Truly, the best people are being killed by the worst people. ICE is out of control and emboldened. The law, the constitution, the requirement for a warrant, and due process are being thrown out the window. It’s time to hold those responsible for these crimes accountable.  

Bryan Rosen