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The Importance Of Deporting Immigrants In America

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Immigrants want to be treated equally as American citizens. The immigrants have done nothing wrong to harm our country, but yet, they are being sent back to their own country. Knowing that immigrants are getting caught by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), they feel scared and unsafe wherever they go. Deporting immigrants is completely wrong and it affects their personal lives because everything they have and need is here in America such as: family, friends, education, and jobs. They do not deserve to be treated like they are different from American citizens just because of their known title as “immigrants”.
When I heard the news about immigrants getting caught by ICE, I got scared immediately. I was worried for my parents. “Your dad and I will be okay, don’t worry about it too much.” My mom said these words to me right after we saw the news of an immigrant father getting caught by ICE in front of his thirteen-year-old daughter when he was dropping her off to school. His daughter was crying miserably and pleaded ICE to let her dad go. I was horrified because my mom took me to school every morning and I did not want the same situation to happen to her right in front of my eyes. I imagined ICE knocking in front of my house to take my parents away without giving me an explanation and the chance to say goodbye to them. They have no right to be taken away from doing nothing wrong. They never committed a crime of murder, shoplift, DUI, and many more. My mom wanted to

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