Amazing Disgrace

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Just as there are many countries with epidemics that can make or destroy the land, Mexico many problems. With the concern of the direction of the country, percentages of many subjects have arisen. According to an online article titled Most Mexicans See Better Life in U.S, it covers that the drug-related violence have increased crime (81%), economic problems (75%), illegal drugs (73%), and corruption by political leaders (68%). While living conditions in America are less than perfect, the conditions are still better and more equal than living in a corrupted country. Many arguments are made upon what jobs Mexicans seem to occupying. Here in America, most immigrants have jobs in construction, garbage collecting and disposing, and in cleaning. Americans seem to discuss that Mexicans are taking “their” jobs; however, truth be told is that if a Mexican is taking an American’s job then the American has probable low education since the jobs listed before take little to no education to fulfill. Education is very important in any person’s life. The more education a person has, the better life they seem to have. When countries compete to enter major colleges and work fields, the people with the most education seem to be the ones who get the job. America has one of the best education programs around the world. For example, Grandview High School was recently named the number one school in the Cherry Creek District and the same high school is now one of the top five schools in the Colorado state. With rigorous homework loads, intensive quizzes and tests, and time consuming projects, schools can prepare all their students to be successful in college and beyond into the workplace. Having more immigrants within the educational boundary, the United...

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...o but lawyers messed up their paperwork,usually on purpose, so they couldn’t receive the visa or green card. In many cases, people have been known to be skipped and immigration offices are forced to go back as much as 3 years in order to figure out what happened, making the process to get a visa much harder and of course, longer. Visas and green cards are the gateway of living a proper American Dream.

Illegal immigration involves real people who contribute to the workforce; raise families while struggling to hide within society. Many people seem to understand why people enter the United States illegal but don’t understand why they take away from what is considered to be the American Dream,although; think about it. If something were to go wrong in the USA, forcing millions to move down towards the border, would Mexico let any of us in since we didn’t let them in?

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