From “American Dream’ to “Latino Nightmare’

“As a child of an immigrant woman turned U.S. citizen and as a Latino, I am keeping a close watch on all this talk about “immigration reform.” In the past, politicians used to declare war on crime or drugs to get elected. Now they call for a crackdown on immigrants, and people I know could be in danger.

One absurd idea that has been thrown out there is denying U.S. citizenship to children born to illegal immigrants. I am proud to be a U.S. citizen, but I became a citizen by being born here. My mother had recently immigrated to this country, thanks to the Reagan-backed Contra war in her country, Nicaragua. I believe that you should be a citizen of the country where you are born. If the United States, the leading country in the world, changes this policy, the rest of the world might follow suit. Citizenship would be denied to children who don’t have any control of their parents’ actions and whose parents are only seeking a better future for their children….”

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