Coming to America Illegaly: My Family Story

It was difficult, but in order to have a better life it needed to be done. As a result of not having enough resources, our visa was declined. Coming to the U.S for a better quality of life still needed to happen. Only at the time I had no idea what was going on or the obstacles it would create for me in the near future. I wondered why we had to cross deserts and a few countrysides on foot, keeping our trip a secret, going from unfamiliar places to the next, instead of just going on a plane like others.
I didn’t know back then that what I was doing was illegally crossing the U.S border. At the time I was just seven years old. All I knew was that I was going to see my older brother and sisters, which i hadn’t seen in over five, years up in the north. Along with my other brother and sister, who were older than I was, we were snatched out of school and immediately on a journey to the mexican capital and on to our obstacle infested world.
Coming to Michigan empty handed was one of the hardest things my family and I had ever done. We weren't allowed to carry anything but layers of clot...