I'm tired. I'm officially tired of waiting for a DREAM to come true. I'm tired of damn politicians wager on my future. I'm tired of hoping and waiting for someone other than myself decide what's best for me. But most of all, I'm tired of these damn, cold, winters in Chicago.
To all the hypocrites and pundits on FOX TV et all, I'm tired of your scare tactics and b.s. I didn't just happened to get up from my behind one day and say, " well, today I feel like leaving my beautiful, colonial city, the nice and cozy weather from all year round and I will leave to the frozen winters in America." "Yes, why don't I do just that today?" To anybody who has a brain, these argument would not make any sense at all. For it's the fact of migration fueled by economic policies to the advantage of Americans which led me, as well as millions of others, to pick and leave our nations relocating here.
Way before I could even utter a word, my father struggled to find work. He worked in mines, in the field, and he even tried a shot a starting a business. Needless to say, nothing worked out for him. Money was always an issue, and at the time, as has been the case since it's creation, American economic policies dictated what happened in much of Latin American and Mexico.
In the 1970's Mexico was struggling economically as well as socially. Student movements and guerrillas were keeping the government occupied. The so-called democratic government which ruled Mexico for 70 years was wasting all its resources in persecuting and "extinguishing" people. Without a doubt, any money and training was being provided by the American government.
And so unable to find stable work for a long time, my father decided to leave our family and move to New York. The year was 1978, and I was 3 years old.
So, how the hell do Republicans, anti-immigration bigots, and radical pundits dare to tell me to "get in line." "Do it the right way!" "Play by the rules!" And decry that DREAMers are getting a "free ride".
Screw them, I say. I have been screwed with for so long. You reap what you have sown. And guess what? The DREAM Act is only the beginning of what you are about to see in regards to immigration reform. No longer will you be able to get away with damaging the futures of thousands of youth and families.
Those same youth you are turning your back against now, will be the same who will have you ousted from your Senate and House seat. Payback will be a bitc# then. Because what Republican'ts and Democrant's can't do, DREAMers will.
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