Immigration is a Feminist Issue-We Need To Treat It That Way

After that whole disgusting mess with the "catch an illegal immigrant" event I came across a really important article. The article argues that feminist should care about the way our country treats undocumented immigrants. One of the reasons out of many that they give is because immigration policies leave women sitting in detention for months. Some of the detained women are not only being kept from their children but are also being sexually accosted and raped by the officers.

The article argues that the main reason immigration isn't being treated as a feminist issue is because mainstream feminism fails at being inclusive of women of color and understanding intersecting identities.

The author gives the example of MS. Magazine tweeting a congrats to Janet Napolitano being named the first woman president of the University of California, when in fact this was not positive. As Homeland Security secretary since 2009, Napolitano has presided over the deportation of 1.5 million undocumented immigrants. The author argues that its things like this that cause many women of color to be apprehensive about calling themselves feminist.

I totally agree with this article. Immigration is definitely an immigrant issue and its not being treated as such. This is a good reminder that every woman faces oppression differently and that we must listen to women's own experiences and not generalize if we are to end patriarchy for good.

Source: http://bitchmagazine.org/post/immigration-is-a-feminist-issue%E2%80%94we-need-to-treat-it-that-way