So... last night, before I went to bed, I saw the national address President Bush gave regarding illegal immigrants here in the U.S. Given, of course, that most of those immigrants he spoke of are Mexicans since they're the closest to the border. But the truth is, Mexicans are not the only illegal immigrants here. Napapanood niyo naman siguro sa TV ang buhay ng mga Pilipino dito diba?

If truth be told, I didn't understand everything he said. Basically everything harsh was sugarcoated that you might have missed it, and the truth, well, let's just say when he was talking about it, I wasn't listening. But I got what he was saying. They've had enough of illegal immigrants in their country... :(

Ngayon, naisip ko naman ang kawawa nating mga kababayan... Juzmio, million siguro ang dami ng TNT (tago-ng-tago) dito sa US. Kaya nakakalungkot. Lalo na hindi amnesty ang ginrant ni Bush. Yun pa naman ang hinihintay nila, para makalabas na sila at makakuha ng visa. *puts head in hands*

Sa totoo lang, our Filipino brothers and sisters who have gone through all the trouble to get here (even if it's illegally) were all out of options. Life in the Philippines is too hard and too harsh. They work their asses of for money that isn't enough to get them by. They work for people who don't give a shit about them. They work for people who'd rather hire an American trained person than them. (Whatever happened to preferential option for the poor?)So they put together all their money and come here to earn a living - one supposedly is so much better than what they left in the Philippines. But they get here and they don't have a working visa, their agency just scammed them for their money and *poof* the end of the Filipino dream. They stay here, because they can't afford to come home anymore, work for below minimum wage and realize that they were better off in Philippines after all. At least they had their family there.

*sighs*

Too many people are needy. Everybody's needy... and there's no one to help us out.
kitten posted @ 10:27 AM