One of the biggest issues surrounding many of the states in our nation is the controversial, and sometimes harsh, immigration laws being placed into effect aimed at eliminating illegal immigrants from living and working in our country. This trend will most likely lead to a crackdown on the estimated 11.2 million undocumented illegal workers in the United States alone. Our nations immigration policies, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with illegal workers, often dehumanize and mistreat the workers involved. Recently, it was learned that a number of pregnant illegal workers were mistreated, even forced to give birth while removed from their spouses and shackled to hospital beds. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE does not condone this behavior but women detained for immigration related offenses that are considered criminal offenses can be legally handcuffed to hospital beds in thirty-six states.
In addition, these women can also be legally denied the right to have a family member or spouse in the room as well as care for their newborn infants for longer than twenty-four hours. Regardless of political party or preference when it comes to issues like this, if we allow the mistreatment and downright abuse of any person, regardless of their age, nationality, sex, or religion then we have reached a new low. These people come to other countries to work and try and make a living for their own family, and aside from being discriminated and judged by society their basic human rights are now being violated. Also, if we eliminate the somewhat eleven million workers, it could drastically alter the efficiency and prices of a lot of goods, both in the manufacturing and consumer ends of the economy. This story really showed me how workers are being mistreated based solely on their nationality and the changes that are needed.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/222440/20110929/pregnant-undocumented-workts-illegal-aliensshackled-during-childbirth.htm?cid=2
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