Hidalgo’s article, “The Duty to Disobey Immigration Law,” was a very interesting read, which provided a viewpoint uncommon for American ideology. A focus of American culture is trust in the justice system and the sanity of laws, especially regarding obedience–but, the article focuses on a guiding factor even more important than the law, morality. Hidalgo argues the moral responsibility to disobey immoral immigration laws, as it is more important to follow moral values rather than an unjust law. Additionally, he focuses on the unconstitutionality of immigration laws, describing the violation of individual liberties\/freedoms. In his argument concerning the unconstitutionality of these laws he ironically utilizes the justice system \u00a0to his advantage. This article highlights the problem of authority, although we are taught to follow the leader\/authority figure, they are not always correct, and when they act unjustly one must disobey. The guiding factor in these situations should be ethics and, in this case, the violation of rights of immigrants. However, the argument becomes difficult with different assumptions of the law\/morality.<\/p>\n
I, personally, agree with most of Hidalgo’s view points, as the prosecution and treatment of \u00a0of undocumented immigrants is completely immoral and unconstitutional and must be rejected despite the written law. However, in Dr. Bezio’s podcast, the formation of assumptions is explained, especially about our assumptions concerning \u00a0culturally\/racially different people. Donald Trump and other republicans fomented the assumption of undocumented immigrants as criminals, dangerous, and rapists, convincing their followers to believe the same, when the statistics clearly point to the contrary. These assumptions are based in morality, it is seen as immoral to allow undocumented immigrants in the country because they are “predators” so they need to protect their community. Additionally, they argue the stance of law and order to respect the laws in place because they are just. These ideas, which I strongly disagree with, are based on the same principle as Hidalgo’s argument. It is interesting to note the different, polarizing ways in which both morality and lawfulness can be implemented to argue opposite viewpoints–this is the power of our assumptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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