Coming or Going: A Different Perspective on the Immigration Debate

We forget that the "illegal immigrants" coming from East Berlin during the Cold War were escaping a horrible life, and in some circumstances certain death. Crossing that wall wasn't an act of invasion or an attempt to take jobs; these people were seeking life. We should keep this in mind when we think about our neighbors to the south. To risk limb in the desert for a chance of a better life shows how desperate the situation is. In some circumstances people like this would be considered refugees.

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