My Experience With Immigrants

Another event where I felt like my identity was challenged is when I was in a situation where I felt uneasy about. Immigrants. I am a child of an immigrant. This affects me because I was born in El Salvador and come in the States as a baby. I never know how people will react to it. My parents made the sacrifice of leaving El Salvador, their hometown and move to the States. My parents came here to ensure us a better education, and in general, a better life. Learning a new culture and my hispanic culture at the same time, I was absorbing so many cultural, traditions all at once. When Obama was the President of United States, there was a lot of hidden racisms, not many vocals spoke up. Once Donald Trump started running the election, he came
up with a slogan “Make America Great Again”, what was wrong with America? Is it the lack of security, lack of order ? What does it mean? How can “greatness” be measured? To him, he wants all “white” American people living and remove all the minorities including immigrants. Make “different people” feel less than a person. He wants to bring up the past, and start treating the colored people different, get rid of the norm we have now which is diversity. He wants to put “America First”, making sure the one and only America benefits;serve its own interest. Donald Trump is splitting up families, making them feel like they don’t belong here in United States. In the eye of America, it’s becoming selfish by only focusing on its interest. I have internal conflicts because this makes me questions to whether Do I belong here because of my status? Yes, I have U.S Citizenship but I am a child of an immigrant.