No Time At All Johnny Smith

A common misconception is that legalizing illegal immigrants would just result in “criminals” running around the streets causing disturbances. Who is ignored is the benefit of a very specific population of Americans, the sons and daughters of illegal immigrants. American children are harmed every time one or both of their parents is deported as a result of the lack of an immigration reform. In the article, “Children of Illegal Immigrants Struggle When Parents Are Deported” Valbrun states that “the government deported more than 46,000 parents of children with U.S. citizenship in the first half of 2011, according to the ARC report.” In these conditions, jailed parents cannot fight for their children’s custody and at times lose it to the government who then puts the children out for adoption or in foster care when they already have loving parents. Properly legalizing immigrants would improve the lives of many American children and improve the American social aspects with more

Freed from the constant fear of deportation, Alex moved his family to Los Angeles, where his family would better fit, given the large Hispanic population. In Los Angeles, Alex obtained a job with Pan-American Underwriting Company as a file clerk, making roughly $1000 per month. Alex worked there for twenty years, without receiving a promotion or raise, before finally being laid off without receiving any retirement benefits. My wife cries as she recounts how she helped her father to get a job as a delivery driver where she worked, after he had been laid of at Pan-American; she cries in a mix of emotions that include anger, embarrassment, shame, and deep anguish for her father’s wounded pride (Rock, 2011). Alex’s experience is like so many immigrants in the United States, where uncertain legal status combined with other factors, like language barriers serves to lock them into low-wage jobs that often lack benefits (Massey, Durand, & Malone, 2002). While living in poverty in the United States was an improvement over the situation in Guatemala, Alex’s status as illegal immigrant and poor command of the English language all but assured a life of poverty in the United States.

Most people’s families have that immigrated to America generations ago. Thus, they do not understand the difficulties of immigrating to America. In the last 2 decades. A young twelve-year old child came to America from India along with her two siblings, mother, and father in the 1980s. They were provided safe haven in New York, a sanctuary city, until their immigration process began. A sanctuary city like New York, does exactly what they for that family by providing protection for undocumented immigrants . These cities do so by refusing to follow federal detention requests. There exists a large demographic of people who disagree with the idea of sanctuary cities in America. Since this demographic is against the idea of undocumented immigration

In his essay “Outlaw”, Jose Antonio Vargas admits that he is an undocumented immigrant, and decided it was time to come clean. His essay begins at age twelve, and follows his journey to adulthood, as he fights for full United States citizenship. Not only do I consider Vargas heroic for his determination, but also brave for publishing his story despite possible consequences he may have faced for revealing his immigration status.

much work it would take to become a citizen José just left. He was too lazy to go through the process. José called Jesuś and told him that he wasn't going to work for his citizenship, he would just go without instead of putting in the effort. Due to his laziness José suffered when immigration found out about him.

It was 2006 when Emma Sanchez was filing paperwork to be legalized in the U.S when she had to go to an appointment with immigration authorities at the U.S Consulate in Cuidad Juarez. And what happened next may have been the worst moment of her life. “Authorities told her she would be prohibited from returning home from Vista for 10 years, despite the fact that Paulsen, 51, is a U.S citizen and a Marine veteran” (Tatiana Sanchez). Situations similar to Emma Sanchez has happened before-many times in fact. According to the article “Deported Mothers Make New Lives in Tijuana Separated families part of the debate over U.S immigration” by Tatiana Sanchez, “In the first half of 2014, U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported 22,088 unauthorized

In the article “Coming Out Illegal” by Maggie Jones is about Leslie who is undocumented student that has some limitations going to college. She is History major in California their was law that was called AB 540 that was pass for all undocumented students to pay in-state rather than out-state tuition; California is one of 11 states with such law. Leslie is immigrant who came to Unites State when she was six year old. All her life she had to hide that she was immigrant. She wasn’t able to tell her close friends. She knew that she wouldn’t be able to visit her family in Mexico, voting, and also never able to have driver’s license. When she was senior in high school; she thought

Immigration has been in the United States for hundreds of years. For instance, Anderson states that “immigrants approached wild shores that were scarcely populated

Dating back to the colonial era the United States has always experienced immigration. From the pilgrims in the 1600’s to the first day Ellis Island opened in the late 1800’s to the Holocaust victims in the 1940’s to now. I believe the journey and success America has gained over time would not be possible without the many immigrants all over the world. They help the American economy thrive; despite how much they have to go through everyday illegal immigrants work and contribute to the United States.

Historically speaking, the United States is very welcoming to immigration, but today, immigrating is a very complicated process. There is a process that you must

Illegal immigration has almost always been a part of the United States. There seems to be a neverending amount of people who believe in the “land of opportunity”, the home of the free and the brave. However, it seems that some may be more opportune than others. Illegal immigrants come to America with hopes and dreams of living a better lifestyle than the one that they currently possess. Currently, the American citizenship process is antiquated and not suited to fit a modern United States of America. Consequently, due to several constraints within the system, many are unable to achieve their dreams legally, and are treated like common crooks. Although many believe that illegal immigrants are criminals who should be deported, undocumented immigrants are victims of a broken system and are crucial to the sustainability of the modern-day American economy.

In the United States, there are countless affected families due to the Dream Act’s failure to pass. The Dream Act would have given many undocumented children the ability to have a pathway to citizenship. Proponents of The Dream Act believed in the social support within the family by supporting family unification. However, due to its failure to pass, millions of undocumented children are now at risk of being extradited and having their families separated. Although the U.S. government created a new policy known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), it is not providing immigrants with the same opportunity. DACA, instead, gives undocumented people the opportunity to not be deported for two years, but will never become a pathway to permanent citizenship or relief for their families. The Dream Act and DACA eventually affect the physiological, emotional, and mental health of the immigrants who live in the U.S.

Unauthorized immigrants account for approximately one-fourth of all immigrants in the United States, yet they dominate public perceptions and are at the heart of a policy cessation. Caught in the middle are the children of these immigrants—youth who are coming of age and living in the shadows. An estimated 5.5 million children and adolescents are growing up with unauthorized parents and are experiencing multiple and yet unrecognized developmental consequences along with extreme amounts of trauma as a result of their family's existence in the shadow of the law and society as a whole. Although these youth are American in spirit and voice, they are nonetheless members of families that are "illegal" in the eyes of the law and society. In this article,

The author also discusses how states have enacted laws designed to make life more difficult for undocumented immigrants and how this is not right and that they are not thinking about the benefits immigrants could bring to the country.

America’s open border policies are not the way to protect our citizens and our future. Illegal Immigration shouldn’t be considered to be a good thing, as a handful of illegals could pose as innocent beings, but could be vital threats to the country. As stated by Fair.org, “...their presence outside the law furnishes an opportunity for terrorists to blend to the same shadow (Fair.org)”. When you bring in any type of illegal immigrant, no matter who he or she is, will pose a risk of having to commit a crime or a terrorist act.