Hispanic Immigrants: Victims of Discrimination

Running head: HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS

Hispanic Immigrants: Victims of Discrimination
Kathleen Juarbe-Gorgas
Professor Dettmann
October 21, 2010

United States is the land of immigrants or the land of white people? Based on the U.S. history when Christopher Columbus discovers America, the Europeans start immigrant for better opportunities. The Native Indians was the owner of this land but the European took it over. As a consequence of the slavery, people from other countries came to U.S. to work either voluntary or involuntary. As a result in today society we have all the diversity in ethnicity. However the immigrant get here, they have a common goal achieve the American dream. So, if this country has been build with immigrants why Americans discriminate against them? Immigration is a serious issue in U.S. because they’re many cases of illegal immigration. The society makes the American dream almost impossible to any immigrant but especially to the Hispanics. The Americans argue that the Hispanics immigrant come here to commit crimes. Rape, kidnapping, homicides, drug dealers and robbery are some of common crimes commit by Hispanics immigrants. A popular federal crime between illegal immigrants is identity theft. Identity theft is when somebody stole social security cards, birth certificates, identification cards, driver licenses and any other type of identification that can be misused or falsify. On occasion the anti-immigrants have horrible experiences with the illegal immigrant that make them discriminated against all. (Background on discrimination against immigrants, 2009) Also, the anti-immigrant protest that the immigrant stole the Americans works for a less pay. The American thinks that Hispanic immigrants are all the same; they’re illegal and come to this country to commit crimes. But the Hispanic immigrants come to this country to achieve the American dream. Most of the time they move to U.S. to have better opportunities because in their country is impossible emerge from the poverty. The thought of any Hispanic immigrant is to have a better job to provide the family, give a better education to their children and if possible pay the college tuition. But also achieve the biggest challenge in this country, the English language. The Hispanic immigrant has the brave to overcome any barrier and come here without knowing the language, the culture or sometimes have any relative and start from the bottom until achieve the goals. (Background on discrimination against immigrants, 2009)
The fact of being immigrant is enough for discrimination at the point to commit a crime? A hate crime that shocked the Hispanic community was the homicide of Luis Ramirez. An illegal immigrant who resided in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania; he was victim of a death beating from group of Caucasian teenagers. Another case of hate against Latinos happened five months after Ramirez death in Long Island, NY. Marcelo Lucero was fatal beaten by teenager just for being Latino. (Raul, 2010) Those are examples of the influences of discrimination in the United States society. The hate crimes have been practice in all 50 states from people who are racist. Instead of helping our community, those crimes are making worst. The discrimination is like a genetic disease that is produce from the racism which goes from generation to generation. The anti-immigrants believe that the white race is superior to any other race. They practice discrimination against immigrant. They are repeating the history when the African-Americans were prosecuted because they were blacks. The anti-immigrant has movements such as Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) who are opposed to any kind of immigration reform. Certain way the only responsible of immigration issues in United States are the colonizers because they bring the slave from other countries to do the hard work. Instead to be prejudices and racism against the immigrant and blame on them; the anti-immigrant should read and comprehensive the U.S. history to stop the discrimination.

References
Background on discrimination against immigrants. (2009). Retrieved August 30, 2010, from Do Something: www.dosomething.org
National Council of La Raza. (2010). Hate Flashpoints. Retrieved August 30, 2010, from We Can Stop The Hate: www.wecanstopthehate.org
Raul, R. (2010, January 22). Justice gets tough on hate crimes . Retrieved October 20, 2010, from EbscoHost: www.ebscohost.com

References: Background on discrimination against immigrants. (2009). Retrieved August 30, 2010, from Do Something: www.dosomething.org National Council of La Raza. (2010). Hate Flashpoints. Retrieved August 30, 2010, from We Can Stop The Hate: www.wecanstopthehate.org Raul, R. (2010, January 22). Justice gets tough on hate crimes . Retrieved October 20, 2010, from EbscoHost: www.ebscohost.com