Undocumented Immigration Essay

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“I am not the ‘Illegal’ you think I am, and immigration is not what you think it is” Why do people cross the line illegally? there are many reasons for undocumented immigrants to cross to the united states do to the poverty in the country, high level of education in the united states, and the better opportunity of jobs. Many immigrants decide to emigrate from their country of birth to seek a new opportunity for all the family but analyze the information is not only one culture a lot of different cultures immigrant to have a better life in the united states. Undocumented immigration is a big issue in the united states because many immigrants come to live the “ American Dream”. Immigrants from all around the different country …show more content…

The job opportunities being more abundant in America. immigrants come to America is for better job opportunities and to make more money. in particular, young people, are leaving poorer parts of the world in search of job opportunities in the richer part of the world. For example in the TED TALK” My Immigration Story” by Tan Le, le tells the story of the women of her family who escaped the communist rule in Vietnam. Her story is of two person lives in two different worlds the first one is immigrant’s life and the other is the world she found herself in. her mother moves to has a better opportunity for the and her family because the family was very poor. le’s mother works a lot of hours in order to support the family needs. It shows how many immigrate go to different country to get the opportunity to grow and help their …show more content…

He tells how crossing the border story and his transformation from illegal immigrant to an American citizen. He explains that by working a factory at the age of 21 make him to transformed himself and he makes himself a better person with the ability to have an education and escape from the poverty of Mexico. He states the significant phrases “As if transformed, I no longer cared about the trappings of wealth or dreams of riches that had motivated me before". by this accident, he starts to be a contribute people for American society in such as the way of having a good education level and motivate him to be a neurosurgeon. He wants to influence and the colleague life by being model of improving as immigrating life. Edwidge Danticat wrote an essay for the New York Times entitled, “New York Was Our City on the Hill”. The essay is about her family’s move from Haiti to New York City. Haiti is the poorest nation on Earth and Danticat’s family was not an exception. When the Danticat’s made the move to New York they were faced with many hardships. With little education, her parents were forced to work minimum wage jobs to support their family. They were unable to afford things like health insurance. This is just one example of a family of immigrants and the hardships they face in America. There are many other

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