Undocumented Immigrants In America

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America. The land of the free and home of the brave. America. It must feel great being an American that can take advantage of all the freedom and privileges America has to offer. Citizens and legalized Americans are able to breath a different kind of American air. The air they breath is nice, fresh, and relaxing resulting into peace in their lives. Being in American for these people is like living in the greatest place on this planet where they don’t have worries nor are scared or frightened of being harmed.
Unfortunately, that is not America for the 11.1 million people who live in the United States undocumented immigrants that that Alan Gomez reported for USA Today. What to an Undocumented Immigrant is America then? It is a place full of fear and steadily living life day by day . As undocumented immigrants, jobs aren’t secure, money is scarce, and freedom is limited. Constantly, you hear people worrying about the number of undocumented immigrants are currently in the country, but what they haven’t asked themselves is what is their need to come into our country so much. The answer is simple. A better life and future for their
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Just those immigrants are trying to find a way to be successful against all the odds the country outs up against them. While it is with the difficulty of finding jobs, the fear of being deported at any second, not having the right to defend themselves, not even being accounted for as humans, or even having the right to even be able to have a plastic card that says you know how to drive; they find ways to persevere. Sometimes maybe illegally but they find ways to have some sort of voice or right in America. They do this sometimes to remind themselves that they belong in America and that one way or another they will reach their goals despite the obstacles. Despite of what other Americans believe about them or do to make their lives

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