Personal Narrative: Waking Up In America

“We’ve come so far,” grandpa Cher said. “We almost didn’t make it. We fought really hard, and we were starving.” “Could you tell me more grandpa?” I said. “Nowadays, you guys don’t have to worry about anything but your education. We came here so you can have a better life. We did not look forward to day but dawn. We thirst and hungered; not for food but for our children to live successful lives outside of Laos and Thailand,” he said. “So, is that why you keep waking up uncle early in the morning to attend school because he’s lazy?” I said. “Yes, little one. In this life you have to work hard. Nothing is ever given to you freely. Everything comes with a price. When we arrived here in America there were no jobs for us. We were uneducated. We …show more content…
Tears started running down his face like waterfalls. He suddenly turned sorrowful as if he was homesick telling me stories about his homeland and how hard it was to live here in America. He said, “We worked and worked all day and night in the fields hoping that one day they will see us and how much we have helped them. We worked ourselves to death and even though they only paid us a little amount of currency we were happy.” Because I remembered my grandpa’s story, I started paying attention more to immigrants and how much they have helped the U.S. economy. The reasons for illegal immigration are varied and complex, ranging from economic necessity to wars and reunification with family. By and large, however, the income and lifestyle disparity between developed and developing nations prompts the movement of people from poorer nations to those promising greater economic opportunities. Illegal immigration can also be of political nature, often prompted by constricted personal and societal freedom in large parts of the world, and the relatively greater freedom of expression, religion, and sexuality in developed nations. Illegal immigrants should be grant the rights to receive legalization of authority and identification in order to work and live exceptional lives. In both articles by Peter Katel he argues about whether illegal immigrants should receive the rights and legal actions of obtaining an identification card to