Guest Column

Editorial, Eduardo Juarez,

El Diario/La Prensa

Aug 04, 2005

Republican Congressman John Culberson of Texas and 47 co-sponsors recently introduced House Bill 3622 to establish a “Border Protection Corps.”

This is undoubtedly a response to the fear that exists in the U.S., a country prepared to create a system resembling the Gestapo in Germany, or the KGB in the Soviet Union, in the name of national security.

If this law were approved, we would be living in a nation that promotes and justifies mutual distrust – something that would be contrary and unimaginable to the American forefathers who declared a Bill of Rights composed of one people and one united community that would not discriminate against someone because of their racial profile or nationality.

This law would encourage volunteer militant-vigilante-policemen in cities throughout the U.S. with the objective of reporting undocumented immigrants to collaborate with federal, state and local authorities. These watchful, nationalistic citizens who love their country would include police officers, professionals, teachers and citizens of all kinds. All of whom are prepared to offer time out of their lives in the name of strengthening and securing the peace of the nation.

It’s time for our undocumented brothers to understand that they need to start their residency proceedings immediately, and that they should not jeopardize their immigration status by waiting for a national legalization program or for an extension of Section 245i.

Eduardo Juarez is President of the International Immigrants Foundation

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