Wednesday, September 24, 2008

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Illegal immigration is a problem in Latin America

Any effort to stop the flow of illegal immigration (known in American politics and illegal immigration), or to reform and fix our immigration system will fail unless there is a conscientious effort to work diplomatically with Latin America and other regions in need and serve as point of origin for immigration to the United States.

The question in the minds of the rulers of the United States and the people should be: "Why do so many foreigners come to the United States irregularly every year?" instead of "how we can better implement the immigration laws?"

There is no simple answer to the first question, and I will not presume you know it. But heaven can not be covered by hand, and it is clear that illegal immigration is a direct product of political and economic disaster affecting much of Latin America. Nor is it a secret that the U.S. has completely forgotten about Latin America in the last decade to entertain themselves in political and military adventures in deserts and mountains beyond.

I am not suggesting that the United States has the key or sole responsibility for solving all the problems of Latin America. My Latino brothers and I, I assume, they would see this proposal as a return to the Monroe Doctrine and American imperialism in Latin America. However, as United States is the recipient of millions of Latin Americans who come regularly and irregularly, it must take a strong stance and engage with its neighbors to the south with the purpose of seeking regional solutions to these problems that force millions of people to leave behind their country, and taking a big risk to come to America in search of a better life for themselves and those they left behind.

However, the bulk of the responsibility to work for change falls on the shoulders of governments and peoples of Latin America. Several governments (particularly in Central America) that stimulate migration, both regular and irregular as a method of attracting foreign capital through remittances, or distarer public attention from their own incompetence to rule, while doing little or nothing to lift their countries out of poverty, fight corruption or crime. At the same time, many Latin American nation have given up and decide it is better to risk and move to try to survive in their countries.

The issue is too complicated to summarize in two or three paragraphs, nor can we create a formula to define the "why" and "how" of human migrations in the Americas. However, it is abundantly clear that any discussion of immigration reform in the United States must be accompanied by a regional initiative point to address the social, political and economic interests of our neighbors. I am of the belief that if the United States ignores this point, any discussion or action to reform our immigration system is at best partially effective, if not you will fail.