I want to believe and agree with the idea of complete freedom in America; a place for the lost to be found. But when I really think about it, these laws make a huge amount of sense. As Kevin McDermott explained in his blog, we care about the immigrants, we just don't have the time or space to help bail out everyone in the world when we're in the middle of bailing ourselves out.
Now, I completely agree with Melanie McNulty on the whole idea of detention centers. People should never, ever, under any circumstances be treated like their "less-than human", unless they've commited a hideous crime that involved either sexual molestation or murder. The worst part of what is happening in these situations is that Americans, our OWN people, are commiting these hideous crimes on OUR OWN soil.
We're treating people who, in my opinion, have commited small crimes compared to the ones our own people are commiting on them. It's wrong, and extremely hypocritical. So, what I think needs to be done, is a total revamp of the detention center situation. First off, maybe take out the word 'Detention' from the name. Next, hire people who aren't going to rape and pilage people like they're nothing. And third, maybe try to make America not such a sorry excuse for what it's supposed to be.
