Section A01
May 5, 2013
Reading: "Deporting our Souls and Defending our Immigrants" by Bill Ong Hing
Deportation is Not the Answer
This article brings awareness about the injustice of deportation in America and how easy it is becoming for a felon to be deported. Even if the people facing deportation have lived in America for most of their lives, and don’t know anything about their country, they are still deported. I strongly agree with what Bill Ong Hing said “Something is wrong with a system that results in the deportation of individuals who entered the country as infants and toddlers, when their criminality is a product of their U.S. environment.” This is so true, the U.S. is just trying to get rid of their problems instead of fixing it. Most of these young Asian American felons come from homes and communities where they can’t help their involvement in gangs and crime. Like the article says most of the refugees who come into American suffer from post traumatic stress disorder and are working low-income jobs. These refugees are incapable of taking care of their children and most of the children of refugee parents turn to gangs and a life of crime. I think it is also absurd that the only thing that allowed a second chance for those who face deportation, section 212, has been eliminated. Now an aggravated felon is almost guaranteed deportation. The U.S. should really try to help these young criminals instead of just getting rid of their problems. They should be looking at what is causing all these young people to turn to a life of crime and look to their community and try to help them. Bill Ong Hing mentions several ways that these criminals can be helped instead of simply being deported. I strongly agree that section 212 should be reintroduced and action should be taken to help these young people so that they stay off the streets. Deportation is not the answer.
Question: Why did section 212 become eliminated? Will it or anything similar to it be reintroduced?
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