Need to Vent? - Page 2

The Dream Act, at this point, isn't exclusively for anyone in particular as there is no "dream act."

The Dream Act can suck on my...

"Oh, you don't have a right to complain because your country of birth is rich." Eff that that snobbish behavior. I don't understand why we have to alienate Dreamers who come from developed countries. We all have our reasons for staying here and not all of them have to do with the poverty levels in our respective countries. In the end, we are all on the same boat. We are all treated unequally and with few rights in this country. We should be standing together united for our cause.

For all we complain about the ugly side of American politicians, we can be just as cruel and uncaring. What a shame.

Hannie this is just my opinion so don't make more drama out it but you don't have a problem. I fail to see what your issue is. You are going to marry your boyfriend and get your green card in about 3 months. If for some reason you don't marry him then you can go to any place in Europe to fix your heart. Now I know a lot of English people and from what they tell me England is not all roses. Is dirty and crammed think a third of the population of the States in not even a tenth of the land. Still you have a guy that will marry you and fix your situation. I don't know you but I'm guessing you look and sound American so I doubt you have experience the hate most immigrants suffer. So don't be surprise if a brown little Mexican that can't go back to his country because is being destroy by the drugs the Europeans and Americans consume, that has a hard time finding a wife since most of them think he is only trying to get a visa, who has to create a company in order to have a decent paying job, who has been discriminated and attack by Americans and Europeans alike for being Mexican does not share your pain. Now a lot of the negative comments you get come from this same place. It almost hurt to listen to people from the first world complain when in their shoes we would feel lucky. But I understand that problems are relative to the person's reality. In your life what you are living is stressful and it feels unfair to have to jump all this steps. What I'm asking from you is understanding on how we feel walk a little in our shoes then ask for our understanding. I wrote all this hoping that you see why some people here wrote some negative comments. In the end I understand that you have a problem and you want to share it with people who understand your situation and that's fine.

This post made me think on how sometimes it feels as if people from the third world are treated as less human that first world people. I was thinking on how thousands of people died in Mexico because of the drugs or the thousands that died in Africa because of the natural resources (oil, timber, diamonds) and the news don't even covered properly. But the prince of a non working monarchy gets marry and all the channels go crazy.

I understand what you are saying and I respect your words. There is no excuse though to bicker amongst ourselves about who has bigger problems. It is just as you said labamba84, I wanted to share my problem with people who would understand and that is all but I feel like you are stereotyping me and many other people. Not everyone discriminates not everyone is hateful, and how is being negative to one another going to help anyone, it makes us just as bad as all those other people. The world is far from perfect and there will always be someone pulling someone else down, but I still like to hope that we will all move past that one day. If we really want things to change its going to have to come from everyone. That's my hope and optimism and I am sorry if some people cannot see past their bitterness. As for the Royal wedding don't just look at it from a historical or political point of view, look at it as a day for the world to look past the disasters and the pain and to celebrate together the love and union of two people. 2 Billion people watched it worldwide. I think it brought a lot of people hope. We need more events like that. Best wishes.

"Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times"

I couldn't agree more.

Hannie sorry if you feel I'm stereotyping you. Do not take my words as an attack on you or who you are. I wrote it as an exercise on what feelings I got after reading your post and all of the other post. I don't know you personally and I don't have any interest on judging your life. Just as I stated on the post, I got a little hurt when I first read your post but in the end understood where you are coming from. Just to be clear I don't think you or anyone from Europe or the USA is at fault for the bigotry I have endure. So don't take it as an attack and just see it as what it is the process that I took to understand your post.

yeah welcome hannie. please dont mind some of the other people here we are welcoming anyone in our position. yeah you came from a first world nation but i would do the same exact thing you did if i were given the position.
just keep positive and keep checking the news for dream act i feel it coming this year.

as for the other people in here that are being mean to you. they have been fighting for 10 years+ to get this thing passed so they can be cranky. apart from that most dreamers in here are too young to be in a relationship where you are to marry a person soon so they do not know what its like to choose your future husband or have *some* opportunities in the UK.
either way Good luck we will get ours soon hannie

Hannie, I am just wondering, what's holding you back from marrying your sweetheart? Is he aware of your situation?