Who Are The Two Sides?

There have been protests and counter-protests across the U.S. about the Israeli attack on Palestine, and the two sides of the conflict don't agree about much, including how to identify themselves. I call my side "anti-war / anti-occupation," but to the other side, we are "Hamas supporters," or even anti-Semitic! To me, this other side is "pro-war," or "pro-Israeli" but they self-identify as "Jews," or "pro-democracy" or even "pro-diversity."

In the politics of immigration, what the pro-enforcement and pro-human rights groups have in common is huge: both are concerned with problems created by mass-migrations of people from Mexico and Central America.  If the two groups were able to join to take on the root causes of immigration, they could be a powerful force for change.  However, as long as pro-enforcement groups support militarization of the border and mass arrests of immigrants, human rights activists will react, spending vital energy attempting to undo the injustices that necessarily come with enforcement policies. Meanwhile, little is done by either side about the sources of the problems.

traducción por Julita

Cuando se trata de política migratoria, los grupos en pro de derechos humanos y organizaciones de orden publico tienen en comun un acuerdo muy amplio: es que ambos están preocupados por los problemas creados por las grandes migraciones de México y Centroamérica. Si ambos grupos unieran fuerzas para combatir la raíz del problema, tendrían el poder para lograr un cambio. Sin embargo, mientras que los grupos a favor de reforzar la vigilancia del cumplimiento de las leyes sigan apoyando la militarización de la frontera y los arrestos masivos de migrantes, los activistas de derechos humanos tendrán que continuar reaccionando y gastando energía vital al intentar evitar las injusticias que cometen las fuerzas policiacas. Mientras tanto, la raíz del problema continua intacta por ambos grupos.