The Pros And Cons Of Crossing The Border
Many non-U.S. citizens find a way to cross the border and live a better life in the States. Crossing the border comes with a price, the people who successfully cross the border are known as undocumented, illegal immigrants or aliens. Once an undocumented immigrant has crossed the border, they have a target on their back by ICE. ICE, meaning immigration and customs enforcement deports any undocumented immigrant back to where they came from. Each immigrant that gets deported aren’t given a chance to say why they shouldn’t get deported. Although some may disagree, each undocumented immigrant who is at risk at getting deported should have their voices heard as to why they should stay in the United States and not go back to their homeland. As a
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The immigrants who go to their regular check-ins are more at risk at getting deported than having ICE track them down. “… people who’d been checking in with ICE for years without incident as their immigration cases progressed through the system suddenly found themselves behind bars after their meeting with agents.” (Hamilton). These check-ins are a trap for illegal immigrants. They will leave their home and never return because they were caught in a trap. Going to them ends with the immigrant getting arrested, deported, or transported to a detention facility. As mentioned, many times, ICE has no reason to back up their actions. They don’t allow the person they are taking to have their voice heard. Because they don’t have a say to the actions of ICE, they can stop what is happening to them in that moment. According to Keegan Hamilton, ICE uses check-ins to detain and deport people (Hamilton). As mentioned before, the regular “check-ins” are a trap for the undocumented immigrants. Without warning, they are taken away and they, themselves, can’t do anything about it to change the minds of the ICE officers. Without a warning, it gives the person no chance to prove their worth. ICE purposely deports people unexpectedly to avoid any conflict with the person they would be deporting. A surprise deportation gives the immigrant no chance to save themselves from
The immigrants who go to their regular check-ins are more at risk at getting deported than having ICE track them down. “… people who’d been checking in with ICE for years without incident as their immigration cases progressed through the system suddenly found themselves behind bars after their meeting with agents.” (Hamilton). These check-ins are a trap for illegal immigrants. They will leave their home and never return because they were caught in a trap. Going to them ends with the immigrant getting arrested, deported, or transported to a detention facility. As mentioned, many times, ICE has no reason to back up their actions. They don’t allow the person they are taking to have their voice heard. Because they don’t have a say to the actions of ICE, they can stop what is happening to them in that moment. According to Keegan Hamilton, ICE uses check-ins to detain and deport people (Hamilton). As mentioned before, the regular “check-ins” are a trap for the undocumented immigrants. Without warning, they are taken away and they, themselves, can’t do anything about it to change the minds of the ICE officers. Without a warning, it gives the person no chance to prove their worth. ICE purposely deports people unexpectedly to avoid any conflict with the person they would be deporting. A surprise deportation gives the immigrant no chance to save themselves from