Analysis Of The Voice That Presente By Maria Duque

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Although I have read this book before, I still enjoy reading the stories of the hardship and challenges the immigrants overcame. Issues such as drugs and discrimination have been addressed in the book and the response the victims of such issues got from the concerned authorities in relation to their complaints. The book is based on narrations of real time events and the stereotypes that put the immigrants on the wrong side of the law almost all the time. Additionally, the need for reform can be seen from this novel where immigrants themselves echo their dissatisfaction with the current state of things in the US. With the elections looming, the issue of immigrant reforms and the things that ought to be done to ensure better accommodation of immigrants in the United States is a topic worthy of discussion. There have been issues in the immigration department, and this is the voice that Presente by Christina is putting forward. One of the …show more content…

Duque described how bad the NAFTA deal really affected the people of Mexico. For example, she talked about how her family begins to struggle because of the NAFTA free trade deal. It was not a surprise to me when she thanked, NAFTA and Salinas for the giving her a reason to migrate to the US. This confirms that US attempt to solve Immigrant issues is not by pushing them back to their countries, but by coming up with favorable policies that aim at human equality. The case of NAFTA is a typical extension of the American arm of immigrant exploitation to the immigrants’ homelands as key member countries who signed this agreement were Mexico and Canada who have majority immigrant in the US. I can relate to this, in my country, Nigerian politicians only look after their own interest. They could care less about the people who are really suffering because of the poor political decisions they make. That is part of the reason why my family and I moved to

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