Deportation In America

Deportation has been an ongoing problem for many generation. Even throughout the U.S. different history of political power, presidents, and regulations, we still to this day have an unsolved problem of deportation. In the land of the free and home of the brave, we say we welcome people of all kind to obtain the “American Dream,” yet we deport those who are seeking those dreams. And, even take advantage of those who have risked their lives to save our country while serving in the war, yet our political system still insist on deporting anyone whom doesn’t have citizenship of the U.S.. There are many reasons as to why minorities should be able to stay in America, but there are also explanation why congress wants to limited or at one point exclude …show more content…
found themselves in a bewildered situation, in which; they would never think they would have to deal with, deportation. U.S. Immigration Service ordered the twins to deport to Canada once they are out of the service. They were not only bewildered, but also angry. How could they be deported by the U.S. after risking their lives serving for this country. Once they got the news while still in the army, they both decided to fight for American citizenship, but were declined and were subjected to leave the states immediately post service. There were many other appeals with this case, but all of which were declined. In the early 1900s, during the Chinese Exclusion Act period there were about 17 native-born Chinese Americans that claimed American citizenship were held hostage and also some were denied entrance to America post landing. The men sued out of habeas corpus, in which was restraining their liberty and will as a citizen. They were still held in detention waiting for deportation, but they held through and appealed the situation for the Supreme Court to settle the …show more content…
citizenship status, regardless of the specific particulars of their economic standing, gender, race, religion, national origin, etc., have equal standing before the law and are formally equivalent to one another (page 20, Vials).” I remember rereading that sentence a couple of times to let it soak in, because I felt a sense of connection to it somehow. I am unsure of how the twins felt, but as an immigrant in this country I knew how much discrimination I felt from others being someone who isn’t of caucasian descent. I remember the day I got my naturalization test, I thought that because I wasn't an alien anymore I would feel a little more sense of belonging and most importantly a sense of equality. Unfortunately, aside of not having to worry about being deported I don’t feel any different, I don't feel a sense of equality. I most definitely do not think everyone with citizenship is treated equally. I guess that their was a sense of entitlement after serving for the U.S. and a lack of respect that wasn’t given, let alone a sense of equality so the least the U.S. could’ve done was given them a sense of safety so they wouldn’t have to deal with