OUR VIEW: Immigrant law: Unfair, inconsistent December 16, 2007 6:00 AM
Let us be among the first to welcome Eliseo Garcia to the privilege of legal residence in the United States. Hundreds of others caught in the New Bedford immigration raid are longing for the day when they too might win legal status, but for most of them, that day will never come. Nor will justice come to the American immigration system without federal reform. An observer could certainly question the nuances of law that allowed Mr. Garcia to win in court. The case revolved around his youth — he was 17, a minor, until the day after the decision, and migrated without his only known parent — yet not every minor would be allowed to stay. Mr. Garcia's case succeeded because by American standards, he had no appropriate guardian in Guatemala. He never knew his father, and he quit school and worked to support his sick mother. (It is worthy of note, for those who fear Mr. Garcia's mother would burden the American welfare system, that the ruling blocks him from ever bringing her into the country.) The merits of the argument that won him legal status are best left to the courts to decide. At least in this case, the system did its job. Enforcement of U.S. immigration laws is criminally inconsistent. Officials often turn a blind eye toward illegal immigration because American businesses depend on the cheap labor. Immigrants build lives here, only to be scooped up in raids like the one in New Bedford, where young children were left unsupervised as agents took their parents away. Immigration and Customs Enforcement failed to give adequate notice or access to social service agencies to work with the affected families. Our position, contrary to what critics might believe, does not represent unconditional acceptance of illegal immigrants or a plea for amnesty. Rather, we call for comprehensive immigration reform that addresses the following: the need to protect our borders from illegal entry that threatens our political, economic and military security; the reality of the economic relationship between the United States and our neighbors to the south; consistent enforcement of a law free from ethnic bias against Hispanic and indigenous peoples; and humane treatment of detainees. Remember the image, sent around the world in 2000, of Elian Gonzalez cowering in a relative's arms as an agent pointed a high-powered rifle at them? That's how America does immigration enforcement — not very well. If Congress and President Bush could compromise on meaningful immigration reform, fewer people would migrate here illegally under a federal system that condones the practice by its inaction.
Posted by: kwflatbed
Typical New Bedford Standard Times Bullshit.
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