Immigration Essay

American Literature

February 13, 2013

America is a country where many people live. All of us have the rights to say or do whatever we want. But then it comes to a time were, half of us stay quiet because they’re afraid. Why? The horror of Immigration/Deportation. Children, teenagers, adults coming to this other side of the country are the hardest decision ever but, why do they hide when it comes to speeches? Because they’re too scared that someone would judge them and this is not fair at all.

St. Augustine is right when he says “an unjust law is no law at all”. Everyone should be heard; no one should be ignored on how they feel towards a law/s that isn’t unfair. Everyone has the right to speak, right? But, why does everyone hide when it comes to an important discussion? Because they’re scared to speak their mind out. Half of us, humans, think that if we talk for ourselves, we can be judge but that is wrong! Me, you, him, her, anyone deserves to speak, shout or whatever they want in order to get respect from everyone.

Immigration is what carves the picture of the modern world. Traveling from one place to another is a mission for any person. But, why do people travel to places illegally? To get a better life for themselves and their family. Almost 60 million people, more than one fifth of the total population of the United States, are immigrants or the children of immigrants. For most of this community, immigration policy is not an abstract but a means of family reunification and an affirmation that they are part of the “American dream.” Immigration to North America began with Spanish settlers in the 16th century and French and English settlers in the 17th century. In the century before the American Revolution, there was a major wave of free and indentured labor from England and other parts of Europe as well as large scale importation of slaves from Africa and the Caribbean.

This problem started around the year of 2006. Many people entered any other country without the government’s permission. Especially in the United States. Nobody doesn’t understand why are we, the humans that are the same as anyone else, being deported from a country to its born place if they just wanted a better life? Before this whole thing went out of control, back then, everyone would have no problem crossing to another country because it wasn’t that hard. The government really didn’t care if people would go to another place or not. For example, the places where many people would come from to go to the United States is South America; especially Mexico, Guatemala, etc. People come to this country to make a better life; The American Dream. Yes, I know lots people that were not born on this place. It’s sad because they try their best to do anything and find a job here but half of the immigrants get deported because they’re not illegal in this country.

Everyone has the rights to speak and let their words out. Immigrants can take a chance a re-group every year to protest that in this country, we can change something. Yes, I also know that, some of the people who cross the border are a criminal or a suspect. Now that is a good reason why they should get deported to their own country because they don’t deserve to be here. But, innocent people should stay with their family and work hard. May 1st is the day when immigrants go around downtown and march for their rights. They deserve to make their own point on why to stay on the place where they are right now. If they need to break a law, they should because no one can stop them from getting their own rights. Everyone is a human and deserves to have rights, right? Then why can’t they have their own rights? They risked their own lives to come here and work hard. Let them be. St. Augustine and Martin Luther King Jr. made their own speech to end the war of slavery, racism and other things.

There are legends that changed the world. Some of them are Cesar Chavez. He was the one who made immigrants from California, march from one place to another to show the president of the United States and anyone else that, we can do it! No one deserves to give up. Stand up and make your move. Don’t stand and let others do your move. Immigrants are humans and deserve to have anything if they work extra hard to live in this country.