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I recently read an article about the arrest of two men who beat an Ecuadorian immigrant to death. The men assaulted the two brothers after a party last year. "Police say Jose Sucuzhanay, 31, and his brother Romel Sucuzhanay, 34, had left a party at a church on December 7 and were embracing each other to keep warm in the cold." The men who beat them proceeded to shout anti-gay and anti-immigrant sentiment at them. Jose Sucuzhanay was beaten in the chest and ribs and died from his wounds. His brother escaped with only minor injuries. The brothers' mother was expected to arrive in New York within the next five hours from Ecuador.
I chose this article because I have noticed that the number of attacks on immigrants has risen quite a bit since 2000. I subscribe to a newspaper called the Southern Poverty Law Center and in it they document attacks anti-immigration groups have made and the victories of prosecuting them. It seems that every time the country goes through a rough period one section of the population is targeted and deemed responsible for it. This country was created by immigrants and to say that we should shut our borders is absolutely selfish.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/27/hate.crime.arrest/index.html
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I will respond to your last statement -
ReplyDeleteHowever, if we continue to open our borders to others, and we continue to offer help, aide, services, what happens to our own within this country who are struggling and need help? Where does the aide, help, services end? And what is the payback for helping others? Is it merely an altruistic thing that is being done, or should these people be allowed to stay within our borders without having to give back? What are the limits?