How To Become An Immigrant

Brizzia and Maria, two twins from Zacatecas, Mexico at the age of 5 fled their country along with their younger sister and mother in search for a better life. They were escaping what was then the mistreatment and poverty that they lived in their entire lives. They were both told never to reveal their identity to any one because they would fear being separated from their mother and possibly be deported. Brizzia and Maria along with their sister stayed home from school several days throughout the year, whenever Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers performed random checks throughout the city they lived in. They had to live most of their lives hiding in the shadows in fear of deportation. From struggling to hold in their identity they began school with no previous knowledge of English which made it harder for them to learn it since it …show more content…
Although not everyone agrees it is a positive or righteous thing because of its illegality, several people lose their lives during their escape to the United States. Although Brizzia and Maria didn’t have to experience a dangerous journey, others are not fortunate enough. A major transportation to enter or arrive near the United States border from all around Central America and Mexico is a train known as the “The Beast,” others even call it the death train. An estimated half-million of undocumented immigrants ride the beast train. Despite the danger that it presents every year more adults and children risk their lives and ride this train. What people don’t imagine is that this train is not a passenger train, this carries cargo such as beans, rice, and other goods in its compartments, meaning its passengers ride on the tops of the train. Along the way, people risk falling off the train and losing their lives or even worse getting raped or losing all their money. These passengers’ journeys take several days even weeks to