On the fifteenth of August the year twenty thirteen, President Obama gave an announcement on a thorny issue. The American immigration department was in a verge of deporting all the immigrants who were brought into America when they were young. This was in a move to clean the nation by getting rid of non citizens. However, the declaration of the president that deferred action for dreamers came as a sigh of relief.
This was in contrast with the earlier plans to send them back to the countries from where they were brought. Ranging from study, work and courtesy call, the US normally receives overwhelming number of immigrants annually. A strategy was therefore being enacted to screen the populace in order to remain with a manageable number. It was, however an encouraging move to hear the head of state make such an announcement.
Just take a picture of a woman who visits a foreign land with her little daughter who is less than a year old. This woman then dies in the new land leaving the daughter under the care of friends. There are no papers to confirm the nationality of the girl. She is of good morals and performs exceptionally well in school.
Some have since graduated from some of the esteemed universities in the country. Their degrees are first class and they believe they are top cream members of society. In fact, there are a good number of them who have political ambitions to one day be the president like their predecessor, Obama! Their desire is to work and continue achieving their ambitions in the land that they cherish and love.
Whoever accorded them the name dreamers was actually right. Such are the people who change the world. Martin Luther Jr. Was once there. America is now enjoying the fruits of his dreams. If what they want is to study and work in the US, then that is not too much to ask for. They have lived as law abiding citizens and this is the country they really identify with.
What the president and his government did was therefore noble and deserves accolades. Nevertheless, it is just the beginning considering that these people are still under tight regulations. They do not enjoy full rights like other members of the populace. Instead, they have to renew their status every two years. Where is the security in this? What if this regime gets out of power and the next one decides to chase them. Do their dreams go to the gutters?
They might have come from various corners of the globe but they have one thing in common; they share the American dream; that of making this wonderful nation the best in the world. America can only pay them back by according them the treatment they deserve. They need to be considered as legal Americans without any conditions.
At times a number of them do break the law. They should not be made as a justification to purge the rest who are innocent. Man is to error and an errant man should be left to carry his cross alone. Otherwise, if every law breaker was to be chased away then there would be a world crisis. America should therefore offer exemplary leadership by safeguarding human rights.
This was in contrast with the earlier plans to send them back to the countries from where they were brought. Ranging from study, work and courtesy call, the US normally receives overwhelming number of immigrants annually. A strategy was therefore being enacted to screen the populace in order to remain with a manageable number. It was, however an encouraging move to hear the head of state make such an announcement.
Just take a picture of a woman who visits a foreign land with her little daughter who is less than a year old. This woman then dies in the new land leaving the daughter under the care of friends. There are no papers to confirm the nationality of the girl. She is of good morals and performs exceptionally well in school.
Some have since graduated from some of the esteemed universities in the country. Their degrees are first class and they believe they are top cream members of society. In fact, there are a good number of them who have political ambitions to one day be the president like their predecessor, Obama! Their desire is to work and continue achieving their ambitions in the land that they cherish and love.
Whoever accorded them the name dreamers was actually right. Such are the people who change the world. Martin Luther Jr. Was once there. America is now enjoying the fruits of his dreams. If what they want is to study and work in the US, then that is not too much to ask for. They have lived as law abiding citizens and this is the country they really identify with.
What the president and his government did was therefore noble and deserves accolades. Nevertheless, it is just the beginning considering that these people are still under tight regulations. They do not enjoy full rights like other members of the populace. Instead, they have to renew their status every two years. Where is the security in this? What if this regime gets out of power and the next one decides to chase them. Do their dreams go to the gutters?
They might have come from various corners of the globe but they have one thing in common; they share the American dream; that of making this wonderful nation the best in the world. America can only pay them back by according them the treatment they deserve. They need to be considered as legal Americans without any conditions.
At times a number of them do break the law. They should not be made as a justification to purge the rest who are innocent. Man is to error and an errant man should be left to carry his cross alone. Otherwise, if every law breaker was to be chased away then there would be a world crisis. America should therefore offer exemplary leadership by safeguarding human rights.
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