Does anyone remember when immigrants had faces, names, families and were your neighbors? The times have changed. Does anyone remember when immigrants had faces, names, families and were your neighbors? The times have changed. It used to be that immigration was not only an issue that people tried to figure out how to fix, but one that…<\/span><\/p>\n
\nIt used to be that immigration was not only an issue that people tried to figure out how to fix, but one that had a face. People knew an immigrant. Lived next door to one. Worked with one. Knew the kids of an immigrant family. It was a personal issue. These days, immigration has become faceless. It is a numbers game, whether the country is deporting or approving immigrants. Gone is the personal aspect of what it means to be an immigrant in the USA.
\nPoliticians have reduced immigrants to votes, used their children for fodder to net new votes, speak of them in terms of how well deportation efforts are progressing, despite the fact that families are ripped apart on a daily basis and left with just one parent, and cry loudly about (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"