Original Post Date
2016-04-26 02:42 PM
Original Body
p dir="ltr"spanMy name is span class="il"Cassandra/span, from Poor Magazine. Today Irsquo;m talking about borders. I do not believe in borders due to the fact that I come from migrant family members that immigrated from Nayarit, Mexico to the United States twenty five years ago. I will also be talking about the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People and itrsquo;s importance in the upcoming election. /span/p
p dir="ltr"spanArticle 10 of the UN Declaration states that Indigenous peoples shall not be forcibly removed from their lands or territories. No relocation shall take place without the free, prior and informed consent of the indigenous peoples concerned and after agreement on just and fair compensation and, where possible, with the option of return./span/p
p dir="ltr"spanPeople are constantly being deported from the U.S. especially with all the ICE raids happening in different states, including California and right here in my neighborhood./span/p
p dir="ltr"spanPoliticians like Donald Trump and Marco Rubio believe that immigrants are the problem in the United States, and that making stricter immigration policies will help. Others like Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton donrsquo;t believe that immigration is a huge issue in the United States./span/p
p dir="ltr"spanAs a result, when politicians like Marco Rubio and Donald Trump speak about the issue of immigration, they go on and on about how they want to stop ldquo;illegal immigration.rdquo; But is it really illegal? If the United States government were to follow the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, would there be such a things as a borders?/span/p