I know this is old but I was looking at YouTube videos and came across this one. This talks about the demonstration on the mall by the college republicans about the immigration fence. David Leonard is the professor involved in the debate and he basically just gives of some statistics that some of those people do not know. His statistics contradict the foundation of the student's arguments.
What strikes me most is that people are striving for this fence but neglect to look at the financial strain this will have on the economy. This fence will cost almost 50 billion dollars and i feel like that money could be used for better purposes. However much a disagree with something I strongly encourage everyone to voice their opinion on the mall because this is a public learning institute and this country prides itself on freedom of speech. This relates to our reading by the correlation of cheap labor and higher deportation rates. As our text shows us the American government has used Latino people as cheap labor until they were no longer needed. The Bracero program is an example of that. This lead to "Operation Wetback" and large deportation numbers. I agree with some of the immigration reform policies but a 2000 mile long fence is simply not practical.
-Devere Sanchez-
here is the link to the video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=bhxTLlB_Z6w
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
The fence that was built on campus was crazy. The protest wasn't even well thoughtout or planned. Although it did what it was supposed to do in leaps and bounds and that was to draw attention to the College Republicans. Its a shame that they actually got money and publicity for something so stupid.
Post a Comment