A Spoiled Birth Means a Spoiled Death

"Do You charge us with wanting to stop the exploitation of children by their parents?" (The Communist Manifesto, 837)

This is the very question we must ask ourselves today. Can we allow parents, knowingly or inadvertently, to dictate the future of their children? Well, according to Supreme Court precedents, we can and should. Consider the MLB vs SLJ (1996). But, is that it? Case closed? Is it written in stone? No. Congress can and must correct the Court. There is no better chance then now...with the DREAM Act.

What's the DREAM Act? Simply put, it is a piece of legislation, now lodged in the Senate, that should allow undocumented youth (people less than the age of 30) the opportunity at legal status. Now, a seemingly Conservative argument can be used to defend a newlyfound Liberal issue.

"I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more." (Earl Warren)

Explosive words from arguably the most centrist Chief Justice...and very true, indeed. These very words should not only apply to liberating undocumented youth but the undocumented community as a whole. However, such absurdities could have terrible effects. Violence and recession, or at least one worse than our current, could very well be knocking on our front door. So, if these words by the great Liberator himself serves to reduce the badness of illegal immigration...what would serve as the bending point between "okay" undocumented and "not okay" undocumented? Simple...oppression.

Over time, America has developed a policy, as in Cuban Immigration, to house refugees, the oppressed. Now, Warren's words can be applied as so: the "doing" (jumping the border, escaping oppressors-whoever they may be) must be reward by an "opportunity" (the chance to survive, maybe even prosper, live the American dream).

"As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression...there's twilight where everything remains seemingly unchanged." (William Douglas)

This applies to our situation in developing counties...one, according to precedents, that we must solve. Consider Teddy Roosevelt's policies during his "Carry a Big Stick" years or the Bushs' War in Iraq. If we are to serve this duty, like all good policemen, we need a witness protection camp. Fortunately, we're in the twilight, but night may dawn upon us, yet.

So, to answer Marx's question, which has a scope protruding beyond just the boundaries of the "several states." We must take into consideration a more ethical, a more basic view on things. Think foreign. Say, because a Mexican mother or father were too lazy or irresponsible to actively engage in their child's upbringing...does that mean that child, who has neither an education nor money, has no right to enjoy the fruits of the American life, even if he/she is willing to pay for it in labor (indiscriminate of physical and intellectual)?

Yes they do. We ARE the "huddled masses, yearning to breathe free," "the people...to create a more perfect union...[to] promote the general welfare." I cannot think of a more basic reason to accept these youth, many of whom have lived longer on American soil, than to secure their right, their natural right, "[the] pursuit of happiness."  

But, don't confuse yourselves. This is not a bill wishing to make illegal immigration legal...no! It is not. It is simply allowing the youth, the bright stars of tomorrow, to have a chance at better themselves through the same hard work and press that every American has the right to. Parents' fortune, as good or bad as it may be, should NOT obstruct their offspring's fate.

To all those dear Conservatives who must disagree with me on this point: at once, revoke the office posts of over 200 Congressmen, fire the many CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. After all, their modest beginnings should not earn them THEIR rights.

Likewise, a resident willing to work hard and sharp should not be denied the road to legality, especially when we have in our hands thousands of jobless, homeless beggars and scumbag-citizens wandering our streets...the lazy.