Reflection #18

The article on the tale of two islands was very interesting. Although this article was controversial, I learned about the Haitian and Cuban rights. In the article you discover how Cuba and Haiti were once a free country. I personality feel that the immigration policies in the United States are totally incorrect. The policy states that Haitian citizens aren’t allowed the same rights as Cuban citizens. That is being discriminative toward the Haitian people. The two islands are catch up in a geographical issue. For example, if a Cuban citizen and come to America you are allowed to stay here which is known as the “Dry foot, Wet foot” yet if you are Haitian you would be transported back to Haiti. To my understanding the United States has an agreement with Cuba, but it’s not fair to have an agreement with Cuba and not Haiti. I feel that we should be equally fair with the Haitian citizens as well. After all they all come here for the same reasons, to be free. The sad part is that many Cuban as well as Haitian die on there voyage towards freedom. Honestly how can the United States be so callous towards Haitians?An event that took place during this whole Cuban release was the Mariel boat lift. I remember some my family coming on these boats and they told me that is was dangerous. The whole issue was that Fidel was giving the freedom to Cubans who no longer want to stay in Cuba and let them leave at there on risk. However, the Mariel boat lift was composed of prisoners, criminals and people again the Revolution. Therefore, he really wasn’t making a fair deal; what he really was doing was sending all the bad criminals to the United States. I wish that one day in the future all these immigration issue change for the better. Maybe in the near future we can all be equivalent to one another.
In conclusion, there shouldn’t be any type of preference towards a particular nationality. Everyone should be treated equally and fair. In general what it boils down to is that there will always be some type of discrimination and racism happening. At the end of the day what we don’t want is to have these events happen again in time.