Personal Narrative: Crossing The Border

In March of 2007, I entered the United States illegally. Prior to this, I had been deported twice. Crossing the border was very dangerous, but I had to do it because in Mexico we are very poor. My father passed away 21 years ago, and my mom was left a widow with 11 children. My oldest brother moved out of the house, so I had to step up and help my mom raise my siblings. Where I’m from, there aren’t many jobs available, only on the fields and the pay wasn’t enough to support us. I didn’t want to cross the border, but I had no other choice. I ask for your forgiveness for breaking the immigration law by crossing the border and living in America illegally.
While living here, I met Ma Luisa Arellano Sanchez who I married and we had two children, Jonathan Alexander Rios and Josh Rios. She also has an
Ever since this happened, I’m always worried about my wife’s safety. Every time I open the front door, I check that there is no one outside waiting for my wife to hurt her. We always try not to talk about this in front of our children because we don’t want them to feel scared. We’ve been able to get through this by supporting each other as a couple.
Again, I ask for your forgiveness. I’d like to be able to be here by my family’s side to protect them. If I had to move back to Mexico, my family would come with me. I don’t wat for my children to grow up in Mexico. There’s too much crime there. A lot of people die because of the organized crime. Young children are raped and then murdered. It’s not a safe country and the police don’t do anything to protect anyone. There’s no good healthcare. The schools don’t care about their students.
I ask for your forgiveness for being in this country illegally. This is my children’s country. I don’t want for my children to live in poverty and go through the struggles and hardship that I had to go through during my childhood in Mexico. I thank you for your time and