Immigration and Organizations

Last Monday, we watched a movie about immigrants in west Asia. They were trying to find a better place to live. They wanted to get out from the oppression they were facing in their homeland. The video was able to show  immigration does not only happen here in America, but it happens any and everywhere across the world. After watching the video, I thought about how some of  the immigrants in the video are dealing with a harsher environment than the immigrants in America deal with.

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A big debate in our country is controlling immigration. A lot of the debate boils down to human rights. Why should we deprive someone of trying to make a better for life for their families and themselves? I believe in controlling immigration, but at the same time I do not know all the rules and regulations one has to face in order to become a citizen of America. We saw in the video some of the people were waiting for six months just to even be considered for citizenship. They had to lay-low for months. If they were caught, they were beaten, then sent to another country where they may face more punishment through violence. It is a scary deal.

The video discussed different organizations that help immigrants migrate to new places. They have their own communities within the different organizations. Here are a few websites I was able to find:

http://www.iom.int/jahia/jsp/index.jsp
http://www.irco.org/
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/ell/organizations.htm

The links above deal with migration from all over. They are not designated to one particular group or affiliation.



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I have found videos that deal with immigration. One of them deals with an economic aspect of immigration. Crossings not only occur across fences like we saw in the video last Monday, but crossing can occur by sea as well. Some of the videos may be graphic, so view with caution:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDA8KJlX1pw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIwdiB6Eh4M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlmczFqvAtk&feature=fvst

The video of the women with her baby being drug across the ground just made me sit back and say 'They are human beings too'. Human rights, they have the same treatment we do. I may be for controlling immigration in this country, but I do not want to see a woman who is pregnant, or a baby being drug across the ground. It really made me furious. I hope the people were able to gain a better life. They left Africa for a reason. The people who died on the boat were trying to make a better life for themselves. They had no chance to make it. There are many though who have a chance. I hope they make it. We could all take a page from migration or immigration, and that is to gain more. Make yourself better and your family.