Derechos de Indocumentados - Univision.com

I saw Univision's presentation entitled "Retratos de los Invisibles de Estados Unidos", which translates to "Pictures of the Invisible in the United States". It aired yesterday, Thursday 7/26/07. It is a documentary that depicts the CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT that illegal immigrant families face when ICE officials deport part or all of the family. Is it not cruel to tear apart your father or mother or both in front of your eyes? Or is it not cruel to take away a single mother, leaving behind a 7 year old and a 6 month old??? Please tell me that Americans see something wrong with this! How can you leave an infant by himself? He can't walk, talk, feed himself, not even go pee or poop by himself. That is what I saw on the documentary. Luckily the mother re-entered to reunite with her kids - and hide once again as an "invisible". I'm not saying that it's OK to let illegal immigrants come here. I'm just saying, don't leave infants to fend for themselves. Let them go with their mothers or provide a safe place for them to stay at. One other thing, only a couple of the hundred people they interviewed had criminal records - prior illegal entry. 99.99% of those caught were just hard-working people who are responsible for the well-being of this country. Why don't they fine the corporations that knowingly hire them? If companies did not hire them to begin with, I guarantee they would not come. But we all want to get the hamburger for $0.99 with all the fixings - lettuce, pickle, ketchup...Would you rather pay $1.99 for it???

In univision.com, they quote the ACLU as saying that all people in this country have certain rights - including Constitutional rights. I am including these below, in Spanish:


Si es detenido, la ACLU recomienda:
Debe ser cortés y respetuoso.
Mantenga la calma y controle sus palabras, conducta física y sus emociones.
Nunca discuta con la policía o el agente que lo arresta.
Acuérdese que todo lo que diga o haga puede ser usado en su contra.
Mantenga las manos a la vista de la policía o del agente que lo detiene.
No trate de escapar.
No toque al agente que lo detenga.
No se resista al arresto.
No se queje.
No mienta.
No diga nada. Sólo que quiere llamar a un abogado.
No ceda sus derechos hasta que tenga un abogado que lo represente.