GLOBAL IMMIGRATION

State of Arizona made it history across the immigration topic. Federal government blocked the provisions of the law making it a crime to fail to apply for or carry alien registration papers and "authorizing the warrantless arrest of a person" if there is reason to believe that person might be subject to deportation which led this to protests and rallies. And also these motivate some people to open a debate about immigration and rights.

A CNN reporter said during an interview with one of the deported man in Arizona, “They are not criminals; they are just people who wants to have a better live in a better country.”

I am not good at Immigration Law when I was in Law school neither I am interested in any immigration law in any country until now that I am living and working in a foreign country. When this news broke out, I immediately read my rights as an alien and what’s the process to be immigrant. Yes, although this things happened, I still have plan to stay longer in this country. This is not an easy decision. Who wants to be away from their family and friends? Who wants to experience racial discrimination? Who wants to start all over again? As the reporter said, it’s all in the name of a “better life”.

I can’t blame the government if they keep on revising their immigration law and makes it harder to the people who want to have it. It’s their own prerogative. However, blocking sensitive provision for the immigrants and also illegal immigrants would be tantamount to express racial discrimination. Furthermore I can’t blame people who decide to take risks and stay illegally in a country. Again, I want to emphasize, they are not criminals. People from third countries are intelligent, clever, hard worker and independent people. We are just born from the other side of the world and want to have a chance to prove ourselves.

Global debate on Immigration will take a long time to come up a decision who and what is right. Both parties have reasonable ground to defend their side. However, this is a mind-opening experience for all on how we treat people humanely and with respect regardless of age, sex and color.