Justin Bieber. Two words, one fragile image. The recent actions from Justin Bieber has just showed us what growing up in the limelight does to an individual. The Canadian native was arrested earlier this week for street racing in a Lamborghini, driving without a valid license, resisting arrest, and under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Now that doesn't sound like a nice role model image for all the young kids who look up to Bieber. Since Bieber is actually an immigrant, he is retained in American with an O-1 work Visa, used for foreigners with "extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business or athletics." While Bieber was spending his minutes in jail in South Florida, his team hired the number one celebrity defense attorney Roy Black.
The author of the article, Ruben Navarrette, introduces writes this article to argue the unfairness of treatment between rich celebrities and poor immigrants. Immigrants that get deported because they are caught for just one headlight out, or a rolling stop sign, don't have the connections to hire someone like Roy Black to defend them. They just get deported right back to where they started. But on the other hand, someone like Bieber who was caught for destructive driving under the influence without a license, just needs to higher a fancy attorney and he's good. Even with a green card or permit, one can stay in the country if working or studying, but one mishap with the law and back to the motherland they go. Navarrette is arguing that if Bieber is convicted of the alleged crimes in South Florida, he should be sent right back where he came from just like any other immigrant would.
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