It’s easy for us to lose our focus. Just look at the ruckus unleashed this past August at town hall meetings across our country. And, as we move closer toward comprehensive immigration reform on the Hill, progressives need to enter into the conversation with their eyes fully fixed on the end goal, reform that fixes our broken immigration system and moves us all forward together as one nation.
Breakthrough’s latest video, Restore Fairness, does an excellent job of reopening our eyes to what is really on the table if we don’t find real solutions to our immigration crisis. The video, which focuses on the need to reform detention and detainment of immigrants, is a stark reminder on how a broken immigration system is more than just a gad fly that aggravates the workings of a government; the trials of migration existing as long as humans divided themselves into groups. On the contrary, when the fundamental values rooted in our history—values like fairness, dignity and equality—are ignored, lives are put on the line, and some are even lost.
Restore Fairness helps frame the need for restoring those values that are fundamental for any country born out of the rights owed to every human.
Already, the video has gained much support and created quite a buzz on the web. It helps open our eyes to the reality that exists when a system needs fixing. Check it out and spread the word, to help us all open our eyes as we begin to move toward another hot and contentious debate.
Read more on The Opportunity Agenda website.
