THE IMPACTS AND THE CAUSES OF MIGRATION

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What is causing and affecting migration around the world is the economic turmoil; and the imbalances on how wealth is handled. The poor countries are becoming poorer, due to inadequate policies that the governments imposed on them. The wealthy nations do not have a spirit of generosity to welcome the stranger in their homelands. In a more specified way, I am talking about the US, where migrants are placed in detentions centers as criminals. Having lived in the United States for more than seventeen years, I know that the country has plenty of resources to place the innocent migrants in better facilities and not alone side with criminals or treat them as criminals.

A system that is just needs to be created for migrants; and once again we should be reminded of the words spoken of Martin Luther King Jr. who said in 1963, from a Birmingham jail, "How does one determine whether a law is just or unjust? A just law is a man made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law." LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL (April 16, 1963) For the US to create a system that is just for immigrants we need the creativity of great minds.

Two days ago we celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday to commemorate his life. On April 16, 1963 MLK, Jr.: said “We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed” Letter from a Birmingham jail (April 16, 1963). If we do not unite we are never going to defeat the oppressors who do not want to implement an immigration reform. Politicians only implement what is beneficial to their political advancement. The fight needs to continue and we need to put pressure on politicians who seemed to be getting by promising policies that do not reflect justice for all.

THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND ITS EFFECTS

The society needs the wealthy and the creativity of Entrepreneurs to survive a crisis such as the one that the world is suffering at the moment. We, in the developed countries do not realized that in the poor countries families have to live on a dollar a day. This news should be shocking to us and it should stir a feeling of responsibility on our part. When we hear this devastating news we should think about the children who died of hunger everyday.  The consensus in this matter should be obvious that one of the causes of migration is the economics. Poverty has been cited as the number one problem that is affecting families across the globe. Poverty is making people fleeing their natives’ lands to find solutions for their basic needs.

The people who are suffering in this economic crisis are the poor. If the wealthy were to have a spirit of generosity towards the poor we would not be suffering as much. The point that I am trying to make is that if we were to share the resources we would be in better conditions. We should start from the top to the bottom. We should begin with the first lady of United States and the President. What can they sacrifice for the betterment of others?  The imbalances of the distributions of wealth affect us all. A conscious heart would create jobs for those who do not have one at the moment. Is that what we see of this country?

The governments of developed nations need to help the neighboring countries creates jobs so that people do not have to migrate as much. It is a duty and a responsibility of a powerful nation to help the poor nations be more creative and trained them to help their people to have dreams in their lives. The economic system that we have right now is not providing a well balanced structure in our economics. Another issue affecting the poor nations is globalization which does not reflect justice for the poor. The wealthy have easy access to cross borders to sell their products but the poor do not. This inequality will continue if we do not continue to fight. A revision of globalization is needed it.

Families across the globe have to risk their lives to come to the United States, because there are no jobs in their countries. It is estimated that 38 million people have migrated to the United States in the last fifty years. Governments need to creative systems that balance the economy and keep the families home. Families come in search of a better way of life to the United States, but at times what they find is injustice and discrimination and at other times even rejection. If we think in terms of the unification of the families, we should recognize that immigrants come in search for a better way of life for their children and loved ones. Immigrants have to risk their own lives to cross the borders. Migrants leave their families behind and that causes many psychological effects in their lives.

The concept of family should be important for us to think when a migrant family crosses our path. For me it is very difficult to deal with this issue of families being separated because I think that we need to do a better job in protecting the dignity of all human beings. Solidarity should not be just a word that exist books, but it should a word that should be in our hearts and remind us that we all have a responsibility with other human’s beings, and that we should care for one another. When a family loses the breadwinner of the house, it is very difficult and the family has to find ways to migrate to where they can find food to sustain themselves.

In many of the criticisms that I have heard against the immigrants, no one seems to speak about the consequences. The migrant communities are very sensitive and fragile. They have suffered oppressions in their country of origin and it is not fair to continue imposing on them more oppression. The immigrants are prone to addictions of alcoholism and other psychological problems because of the effects of being separated from their families. The immigrants become codependent on others because they do not have in most instances an entrepreneur’s mentality. Resources need to be provided so that families find the right help for the betterment of their lives.

Migrants deserve a humane treatment to heal their wounds of injustice and oppression. We should create ways to empower them so that they can utilize their gifts and talents. The United States government has the tools and intelligence to create more wealth and help the poor migrants adjust to the new conditions. Migrants have come into our midst without a fault of their own. All human beings deserve a humane and loving society where we all can live in peace. We need an awareness in our conscious that our elected officials need to hear about the consequences and the effects in the families when they split by a fault that is not their own. The matter of immigration is a matter that needs to be addressed courageously.