What Are They Protesting?

It is no secret that Hispanics have been protesting all over the country for the past several days. What I really want to know is, what are they protesting? The Las Vegas Sun asked this very question and got some very interesting answers.

Heleodoro Carillo, 14, an eighth grader at a Las Vegas middle school said he joined the protest after arriving at school "so we can take off the law."

"They want to put the law at the border so Mexicans can't cross," Carillo said.

No one ever said that Mexicans can't cross. We are only asking you not cross illegally. Is it to much to ask that when you visit another country, you don't break law? I don't blame him, though. The boy is only 14 years old. It makes me wonder what kind of terrible inaccurate information the kid gets from his family, friends, and school teachers.
The Las Vegas Sun spoke to another protester and got equally uninformed comments.

Ashlee Espinoza, 16, who attends Desert Pines High School, said the government is unfairly targeting Hispanics.

"It's not fair that they just focus on us," said Espinoza, who was born in Santa Maria, Calif., and has live in Las Vegas for nine years. "I'm an American. Some of us we didn't cross the border, the border crossed us."

The government is targeting Hispanics? I must have missed the part of the bill that read "Only Mexicans are to be punished for entering the US illegally. All other races should be set free and congratulated." I do have to say, I like the attempt to spin off a Malcom X quote. I am very curious how she determined this bill targets Mexicans. If Mexicans receive any punishment for being here illegally, it's a night in jail and a trip home. If an Arab were caught in this county illegally right now, would they receive the same punishment? Doubtful. More likely they would be interrogated and held for quite some time. Not to mention of all his or her friends and family would be brought in and interrogated as well.
Let's face it. Students of all ages have been walking out of schools all week long to protest and they are really not sure why.