The recently passed 187 bill is an example of how the interdependency of our society is not acknowledged. Proposition 187 leaves undocumented immigrants without job opportunities, education, and access to health care. A large community of undocumented immigrants are intimately involved in our daily lives by cooking in restaurants throughout the Southland, from Compton to the Sunset strip. The overall quality of health, safety, and general life will suffer in a society which contains neglected communities. Extreme measures must be taken to avoid the development of hopelessness in our local communities.
Hopeless people use desperate means.
Desperate people have nothing to lose, and are potentially destructive to themselves and to society. Some illustrious members of our society may feel protected in their exclusive neighborhoods, but the reality of violent crimes such as car- jackings has illustrated that neither money nor an exclusive neighborhood can provide complete protection from the devastating effects of our social ills. Personally, I feel that I do experience the simple wonders of life on a daily basis. It is important for the healthy development of our society to encourage hope among our children. No child's dream should be deferred.