An Undocumented Immigrant

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Undocumented immigrant are seeking for better life and we view them a terrorist trying to mess up our system. I too was an immigrant but of course not illegal,but considering the reason why my family moved here seems really sad.I have friend who are immigrant but I don’t actually if they are undocumented to be here.They don’t just came up to you and say “hey,my family is an undocumented immigrant” because that's not a normal conservation you have with someone.This is the exact point I’m trying to make,people are totally fine with immigrant.They talk to them,hang with them, but once they knew that the immigrant they been with anre undocumented to be in this country,they whole face see things different.I feel like if I were to ask “what makes you feel this way”? Then they probably try to come up with a excuse which of course they don’t actually believe in.They’ll said “well they're here to take what ours”.

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