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Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
by Jose Antonio Vargas
I think this should be required reading for every American. Not only does it drive into the truths of how much of a joke the immigration system is but it talks about how hard we judge fellow humans for labels the media slaps on us.
Read this.
I learned about the government representing me and how undocumented men and women pay taxes but cannot access many of the benefits paid for by those taxes. I learned that "there is no line." So while the American government is happen to take the tax payments from those wanting to be citizens, it doesn't allow many of them the dignity of applying to be citizens because of the 37 hoops, 4 layers of red tape, and 67 exceptions outlined in the small print (numbers totally made up by me to prove a point). I also remembered why politics disgusts me.
Read this.
I learned about the government representing me and how undocumented men and women pay taxes but cannot access many of the benefits paid for by those taxes. I learned that "there is no line." So while the American government is happen to take the tax payments from those wanting to be citizens, it doesn't allow many of them the dignity of applying to be citizens because of the 37 hoops, 4 layers of red tape, and 67 exceptions outlined in the small print (numbers totally made up by me to prove a point). I also remembered why politics disgusts me.