Overcoming Illegal Immigrants

Growing up in a lower class family my mother was barely able to pay the bills. My father left my mother when I was fourteen. So she was forced to provide for my siblings and me on her school bus driver salary. My mother had the best health benefits a job provides, her children never went without healthcare. I will say the majority of lower class family’s do not have this luxury, it depends on the job. My siblings and I have also had a quality education because my mother researched the school districts in our area before deciding where to enroll her kids. The lower class can get a quality education we just have to be determined to work hard. In order to get a college education as a lower class citizen I have to work a full time job while going to school full time. I have a wonderful role model my mother got her bachelor’s degree while working to full time jobs one graveyard and one during the day while going to school full time. If she can do that then I can’t disappoint her all she’s ever wanted for her children was a better life. The government provides financial aid, but it isn’t enough to live on while going to school. I have to utilize every free moment I have to complete my assignments, because of that I don’t have any free time. College is my only shot at moving up the class ladder of America.

The reason immigrant children have such far-reaching success is in large part due to our awareness. There is not a day that passes that I don’t see the effects of cultural poverty and lack of women’s education. My passion for success stems from my 1st generation immigrant upbringing.

The majority of American children grow up learning that Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492. There is little room for argument against the idea that the United States is a nation founded on immigration. However, there are some Americans who contend to the idea that new immigrants should not be allowed into United States and should receive no help adapting to their new culture. When people travel to the United States, the majority choose to bring their children with them. These children leave their homes and must come face to face with their new surroundings. If children are rejected at the border, what does that say about American citizens? How the children are treated by their peers can have a considerable impact on their likelihood of success. If nearly 44 million foreign-born people live in the United States 22 percent of those people are children, that leaves with America nearly 10 million immigrant children who may need assistance while trying to go through school. Immigrant children are typically described as those who have at least one foreign-born parent. These children deserve the same opportunities to succeed as the typical American born children. With assistance, immigrant children are likely to graduate high school and even move forward with college. If American citizens wish to make the United States a better place, they must move forward with helping the immigrant children.

Every year, about 2.8 million students graduate from a United States high school. They have dreams of going to college or to the military to have an opportunity to make something of their lives. However, each year, there is also a group of about 65,000 students who will not have that chance to advance in their lives (CIR_DREAM paragraph 1). They are unable to do so because they were brought to the US illegally by their parents when they were children, and have the status of an illegal immigrant. Despite the fact that these individuals have lived their entire lives in the US, this immigration status hinders their ability to obtain a higher education. Although an immigrant may have been residing in the state for years, they are not allowed

According to the American Immigration Council “There are approximately 1.5 million undocumented children in the United States, and each year tens of thousands graduate from primary or secondary school, often at the top of their classes.” For most of these students, legal status squanders their chances at pursuing higher education and following their dreams: leaving them with uncertain futures. This is a very compelling problem because the U.S. is the only home a lot of these students have known. A lot of these students become fluent in English and serve as interpreters for their parents-which helps their parents become accustomed to the American culture and successfully integrate into society. These students have the potential to excel in medicine, law, education, business, entrepreneurship, etc.

Society has made it so hard for blacks to become successful, but for the great minds of the students at CAU; it’s so easy for them to succeed and not for them to fall into what society calls the “system”. This too, is a reason as why some African Americans feel like they just don’t have to try. The harder they try; they may still get nowhere being limited to so many great opportunities. Although there are no excuses to be made for the African American communities, this reasoning’s will leave some people to think they will never be good enough for society. “Eliminate what’s distracting you and keep it moving in order to succeed” are words that I will always remember Helen Smith Price saying before the closing of Founders Convocation 2017. In life not everyone will support you nor help you get to where you want to be and those are the people you leave behind in order to succeed. As a graduating senior of Clark Atlanta University I will always “Find a Way or Make

Each person in this world has something they want to accomplish, but wanting to accomplish something is easier said than done. We all face struggles or barriers if you will, that hold us back from our accomplishments, but there are certain qualities or traits that get us where we need to be. A young man named Frankie Jimenez once was an illegal immigrant from Tlaquepaque, Mexico, but he has moved to California with his family in hopes of a better life. He has balanced school and work to support his family and has still managed to get several scholarships that got him into the University of Santa Clara. Although, Frankie is from a low social class, like me, he is hardworking and has a supportive family that has got him where he needed to be.

Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal by Aviva Chomsky is a compelling book that addresses the hot button issue that is immigration in the United States. With immigration being one of the main focuses in the most recent presidential election, it is clearly evident that immigration, both legal and illegal, plays an important role in today's society. Chomsky addresses this issue with a modern liberal outlook and questions the legitimacy, if any, of the illegality of immigration.

I wrote about my cousin, who was born in England but arrived to the United States when she was 3 months old. Due to her parents’ decision, she arrived without a green card; as a result, she is currently struggling to attain a college education. I became a finalist in Spartanburg County for this essay; an amazing win for me as my goal was to merely be heard. I wanted others to understand the hardships of children who did not have a choice whether or not to illegally immigrate. Why should they be punished for someone else’s decision? Though my essay did not receive any recognition in state, I hope my message opened the eyes of my governmental leaders to a new perspective on this

Growing up in the US as an immigrant, my childhood was a little different from most people’s. I faced many struggles due to the differences in cultures, social, and economics. However, I was able to overcome all those challenges and become a more humble, responsible, and determined individual because of my ability to adapt quickly, be compassionate, and stay goals-oriented.

Illegal immigrant women give birth to about 350,000-400,000 babies in the U.S. each year, imposing tremendous unpaid medical costs on hospitals—the costs of which are passed on to taxpayers. Illegal immigrants generally receive government assistance to healthcare for their U.S. born children, even though most of them do not pay taxes. This negatively impacts health insured U.S. taxpayers because it increases their healthcare premium, as they inevitably end up paying for anchor babies medical costs. In addition, hospitals charge more to insurance companies for taxpaying citizens to cover the costs of the anchor babies. Since anchor babies are born on American soil, they instantly qualify as citizens; and their medical benefits of being a citizen causes extreme rises in

In our society today, it is stereotyped that all refugees had a choice in coming to Australia and people don’t care what happens to them because they’re ‘illegal immigrants’ (Arshad, 2011). People in Australia don’t understand that innocent people from war-torn countries needed a better lifestyle to be able to survive. There will always be people who try to do the wrong thing but that doesn’t mean all refugees or immigrants should be punished and dehumanised. People who are trying to get in into our country illegally may have come from awful conditions (Martinez & Marquez, 2014 & Kruh, 2012). In Brave New World the government encourages its citizens to take the drug Soma to make them feel happy and forgot about their problems. It is the social

People and family outside the United States will risk and sacrifice anything to get the chance to come to the United States to seek the American Dream, and equal opportunity to achieve success through liberty and pursue their dreams of happiness. My father was one of those people who made it out, to survive one of the most impoverished counties in the world. My father, Isaac E. Otitigbe, was born on December 25th, in 1958, in the city of Ishan, located inside of Delta State, Nigeria. He is dark skin, six feet tall and weighs one sixty pounds. He is a hard worker and never settles for less. Although he had to overcome many challenges, he made it to the United States to achieve his dream.

No, I do not believe this is the right way to deal with this issue. It is not safe for criminals to be roaming the streets. Having these laws in place makes criminals have the upper hand. For example, if a criminal has illegal drugs inside their home and someone tipped them off to the police, the officer cannot enter the home without a warrant to search and seize the drugs. Now some criminals may know that if any evidence is collected illegally then it will be thrown out, so they leave the drugs in an obvious spot in there home so that if the police do search the house without a warrant or permission, then this evidence could be thrown out in the court of law. I think it is wrong to enter a house without a search warrant or primition but once

Prior to coming to America, I was deprived of schooling and my basic rights, treated as an illegal immigrant in my own country. In Kuwait, your parents must be born citizens otherwise you are considered an immigrant and it does not matter if the child was born in Kuwait nor does it matter how long the parents resided in the country of Kuwait. Naturalized citizenship will never be granted. These unfortunate circumstances have led my father to feel hopeless as he watched his child yearning to learn, and crying as she watched the kids in her neighborhood every morning as they prepared themselves to go to school. My father homeschooled me instead, and it was not until our plea to the United Nations that we were given a chance to seek opportunities in America.