Is America dodging it's responsibility as a world superpower?

First some background. On June 11th, the Trump administration stated that the Mexican government had 45 days to slow the advance of Mexican and Central American migrants to the US Mexico border, a migration Trump often labels an"invasion". Under the premise of a new "joint declaration" negotiated by both the US and Mexican Government, this declaration gives Mexico a 45 day window to show the Trump administration that they can implement measures that will control the flow of emigration out of their country, both legal and illegal. If American leaders decide their efforts were insufficient after the initial 45 days, they'd be given another 45 day cushion to negotiate the terms of new Mexican migration policies that would further attempt to control the growing number of immigrants crossing the border. This negotiation was in Mexico's best efforts to avert a possible trade-war with the US after Trump threatened to impose tariffs on all Mexican imports, an attempt to motivate Mexico to slow and even halt it's emigration, but rather would only be punishing Mexico for it's lack of civilian stability and an economic and infrastructural ease of life that would keep Mexicans from migrating in the first place, problems that in reality take decades if not centuries to ultimately fix.

President Trump (Left) speaks to border patrol.

In addition to this, another immigration policy may be taking root. Trump has proposed and pushed upon the Mexican government a "third safe country" policy that would effectively force all Central American migrants flocking to the US to ultimately file for asylum in Mexico rather than the states, the logic behind it being "you crossed into Mexico first, why didn't you claim asylum in the first outside country you entered?". This ruling, if it came to place, would essentially disallow any Central American migrants from claiming asylum in the US with little to zero tolerance, and to be quite absolutely frank, this would be the cause of major humanitarian disasters in the nation of Mexico. It would cause migrant-targeted crime to skyrocket, against both natives and those traveling from Central America; while in Mexico already almost 99% of migrant murder cases go without convictions. It also begs another question that we as a country cannot deny or reject anymore: Has America rejected it's responsibility as a world superpower?

All the way back since our emergence as the major power in known universe after WWII, America has taken on the role of being a police force in the foreign political realm. We promote the common good and take on the challenge of elevating a higher standard of living for those in need. We go to war against atrocity and we adverse against those who wish to inflict it, as it should be. Anybody who's ever read a comic book knows that with great power comes with great responsibility, (I just had to throw that in for good measure) and throughout the years the US has understood this plainly, or at least on a basic surface level. But recently things have changed. We no longer try to stand as the bold and heroic bringers of justice to the world, or even as a basic symbol of it that we've essentially tried to maintain since our inception as the strongest democracy on the planet. We no longer promote a common good to all that need it and we no longer stare righteously into the eyes of duality, the duality of right and wrong, justice and injustice. These recent tidings with Mexico unfortunately have only been reminders of our shortcomings. If we don't address the real issue of Mexico's emigration boom (that being our lack of capable legal immigration policies), we risk letting America's monument of justice continue it's crumble, all the while causing havoc, confusion, and injustices that happen to real human beings and will continue to occur as we watch from a distance. And that's not the America I know.

But there is some hope. 2020 presidential candidates from the left such as Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and many more almost unanimously support heavy immigration policy reform.

Here are a couple of their statements:

Kamala Harris (Right), Bernie Sanders (Center), Elizabeth Warren (Left)

“An immigration system that is administered so that it is not able to tell the difference between a criminal, a terrorist, and a 12-year-old little girl is an immigration system that not only is not keeping us safer, it does not reflect our values,” said Elizabeth Warren.

“Part of the problem, the failure of the system right now, there is no path for people to have legal status, we have to have comprehensive immigration reform,” said Kamala Harris.

“We have to end the dehumanization of undocumented people. That means: a fully funded immigration adjudication system ending mass immigration raids not holding asylum seekers in detention while applications are processed ending for-profit detention centers”, tweeted Bernie Sanders.

With what could be the most important election of our country's history drawing nearer by the day, it inspires and refreshes me to see that our potential leaders share in America's traditional one-for-all and all-for-one mindset. So I'll leave off on one final and all-encompassing note that you the reader should remember beyond all costs. Please, for the love of god vote.