Crossing Lines: Immigration Reform in America

This video by Jon Hickey (MPP student at University of Washington's Evans School) won the 2007 You Tube MPA-MPP Public Policy Challenge. The topic is immigration and the video has been viewed 10,607 time from people in 99 different countries.

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News & Politics

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• Immigration
• amnesty
• MPA
• MPP
• Challenge
• cartoon

[JesusManson323]

Carlos is an Indgenous-descent person of this continent.

Carlos is brown because his ancestors made advanced civilizations.

Carlos is currently a colonized person, due to European illegal aliens pouring in since 1492.

Carlos has the right to move anywhere on this continent, just as his ancestors did for thousands of years.

[texxxicano]

thank you jon hickey.....!!! this is truly one of the most humane ways to look at this kind of problems..

[martinsuper73]

The Mexican government shoots on spot any Guatemalens that try to cross their border.

But then the Mexicans should have the right to cross ours?

It is not America's job to take care of the citizens of other countries who have bad leadership and government. As citizens, it should be their job to fix the country they are in.

[martinsuper73]

This video was part of a contest, the same contest I as a Master's student am being asked to participate in this year.

I have a bad feeling that if I do not make a video that agrees with liberal professors (and turns out like this), that I have no chance of winning.

What do you think?

[bjki]

blow it out your ass, damn yuppy

[ihurthurt]

you should have added mexico's southern border and how illegal it is for anyone to cross it. and maybe add how an american cant cross into mexico illegally, yet they hand out instructions on how to cross into the usa illegally without getting cought. there are very important reasons why we have immigration laws in the us. if you are all for the northamerican union with canada and mexico just say it, and no one will waste their time responding. no borders = no country

[thecoldhardtruth]

then why not protest the countries that violate the " Article 13 " on their own citizens ?

Why is it easier to come to the USA and demand " human" rights that they don't have in their own country ?

Would that be a job that Mexicans are not willing to do ?

[thenerd2009]

Its not a matter of worse and better immigraion laws, its a matter of satisfying Article 13 of the Universal declaration of human rights. Why is Carlos hungry? because there are no decent paying wages locally so he has to go were the economic opportunity is at. Its not a matter of World Gvt, its a matter of universal human rights and a matter of common sense.

[thecoldhardtruth]

Jon, what country has the best immigration laws, who has the worst ?

Why is Carlo hungry ?

Why are you a supporter for a World Government ?