Illegal Immigrants are Human Beings

 

In this article Some Unlicensed Drivers Risk More Than a Fine. The authors give us the points of view from each side, people against giving license to illegal immigrants and people in favor.

Julia Preston and Robert Geveloff give us two different examples; first we have Mr. Valencia’s case. An illegal immigrant who was driving to pick up her child from school. Who got in a car accident who led to deportation for not having a driver’s license.
In my opinion Ms. Valencia like millions of illegal immigrant do their best and follow all the rules possible because their only goal is to have and give a better life to their families, their only thing they care is to live in a secure place. Illegal immigrants do not risk their lives by walking for days in the desert or crossing the Grand River just to make the us citizens lives miserable, believe me that is not the reason.

“In Georgia, voters have been worried about unlicensed illegal immigrants whose driving skills are untested and who often lack insurance”. In my opinion, it’s illogical to think that illegal immigrants are a danger to the public. It is difficult for me to think an illegal immigrant knowledgeable of his situation will get in a car and drive like crazy knowing that he will get deported if he gets pulled over.
 D. A. King, president of the Dustin Inman Society said “giving an illegal immigrant a driver’s license is giving them the keys to the kingdom.” Mr. King is in part correct, is giving them their spirit back, is giving them an opportunity to prove the US they are not danger, is giving them a record this will help to separate the criminals from the good citizens.


Mr. Campos’s case things are different; the accident unfortunately was more severe than just a car crash. A person was involved; Mr. Campos only option was to escape from the scene not because he wanted Mr. Sosebee to die but because he knew where he was going to end, back in Mexico. If Campos had the security of not getting deported or getting jail time for just not having a driver’s license, we could be talking about a heroic story: “An illegal immigrant who saved an old man’s life”. How? By taking Mr. Sosebee to the hospital instead of running away.

I would like to conclude this opinion with the following. Illegal Immigrants are not animals, Illegal immigrants are not things; we are talking about human beings. Humans who happened to be born in a country where you have no control over your life, we are talking about humans whos only purpose is to provide a better living for their families. We live in a civilize country, let’s forget about frontiers and nationalities for a moment and focus on humanity.