The Immigrants In Valeria Luiselli's Tell Me How It Ends

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The Immigrants have a positive impact on our society. Although some argue otherwise, they say they bring overcrowding, drug trafficking, and diseases. It is ironic how "the country founded by Immigrants- Immigrant has somehow become a bad word"(K'Naan). Nevertheless, they impact positively on our economy and bring their cultural knowledge. Being an immigrant in America is not an essay task. They are working long hours and working multiple jobs. Because American dollar has greater value, immigrants will take any job that pays better than their home country. They are the ones taking the unwanted jobs of Native Americans. They have given many tests in their life to finally come to America with the dream of being free but once they came to America they are forced to give much more test while destroying their …show more content…

The story begins with two sisters, one is five and other is seven years old, both are in the courtroom. They are from a small village in Guatemala. Luiselli was interviewing them while their mother observed from the back. While the younger sister was lost in coloring the older was answering luiselli's questions with an adult-like position. With each answer being answered Luiselli was losing hope for them to stay in the United States. In order to open a door for their legal immigrant status, they need to have "enough battle wounds to show" that they had been put in danger, abuse, or even threatened to be killed by gangs. With these answers finding these children a lawyer will be difficult, and with no lawyer, the percentage of being deported is hundred percent. This is not the end, there are many more cases she goes through throughout the book. For her listening to all the kid's story is like reading a book and waiting for the happy ending to come but never getting

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