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1-They don't have the right to drive
2-They don't have the right to buy/rent
3-They don't have the right to fair wages
4-They don't have the right to jaywalk
5-They don't have the right to a driver's license
8-They don't have the right to work
7-They don't have the right to take the Greyhound Bus
8-They don't have the right to get married
9-They don't have the right to visit their friends/relatives in jail
10-They don't have the right to attend college

Imagine being afraid to drive. Imagine being afraid to speak Spanish. Imagine being afraid for looking different, making you a target for an arrest. Imagine heading for work every morning with fear as your constant comapanion, not knowing if today is the day you will be deported for little matters like a traffic violation. Imagine applying for a job and and it being denied based on your last name. Are we talking about the abuse against the Jews during Hitler's reign of terror? Are we referring to the tumultuous times of the 1960's when America's African Americans fought for their civil rights? Are we making mention of the Taliban?
No. This gross abuse of power is taking place much closer than you think. It is happening in America. The illegal immigrants or "aliens" as they are referred to, are invisible, non-existent. Despite being a vital part of their communities, working for minimum wage or less in fast food restaurants, hotels, landscaping, ranches, farms and cleaning, they have been turned into nothing short of monsters who are here to steal jobs, rob, rape and murder.
While there are some rotten apples in the bunch, the majority of the immigrants in America are hard working people who do not want to leave their countries behind, but with little opportunities for advancement, they have little choice but to abandon their families, their land, their homes, everything they cherish in a cloud of dust for a dream that oftentimes drains them of everything, even their life.
There are over 12 million people in the USA living behind the shadows. A veil has been wrapped around them. They are trapped in mounds of condensed fabric much like a prison cell; their only light two crude holes for their eyes where they can see freedom but are not allowed to touch or taste it.
It is time to stop blaming them for everything that is wrong in America and recognize them for the brave people they are. They are human beings whose only crime was to be born poor.
Try telling that to the Maricopa County Sheriff who has taken on the immigration problem as a personal vendetta. His department cruises the streets of Phoenix, Arizona in search of Latinos they can stop for a minor traffic violation. Once they stop them, those bullies in a uniform threaten the immigrants with deporting their families if they fail to sign their order of voluntary departure. The immigrants, terrified, ignoring their rights and not speaking the language, sign and are sent back to the border town of Nogales at night with only the clothes on their back. One man was beaten and forced to sign.
But the Sheriff's department has taken this persecution one step further. They now park huge trucks in key areas of Phoenix, where they wait for their prey and slap them with any offense they can. More than once, they have arrested US citizens who are currenttly fighting back.
In 2005, Spain granted 800,000 illegal immigrants amnesty. They are now visible, they are free, they exist in the records.
As the US economy collapses, more and more immigrants are fleeing to Europe, like Spain, Italy, France, Switzerland and other countries in Asia for a better life.
What can we do? My personal opinion is that since I am an immigrant myself, I must do something to help those people, so I am opening a non-profit organization to aid the immigranrs and hopefully raise awareness of their plight with the rest of the world.

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