Illegal Immigration and Who it affects
Central America is home to some of the world’s most violent countries not at war today, and for families living in these oppressed countries, run down by corrupt leaders or political and street warfare, migrating is often the only hope for survival. Children born into these countries, will only know violence and death as a way of living, and rarely will have the chance at a normal safe life. This ongoing war, crime and violence has led to an extraordinary number of people to be chased out of their homes and into neighboring countries, including the United States, creating discord among our leaders and citizens on how the country should manage the influx of people entering the country illegally. The struggle and length of time it takes to obtain refugee status, and the prominent danger these people are in, often leads them to enter the country illegally. Illegal Immigration policy must be a priority for the United States, as it affects the lives of men, women and children who are victims of violence and corruption worthy of refugee status, that deserve to …show more content…
El Salvador, aside from being ranked #3 most dangerous city in the world, it ranks #1 in the world for femicide, the killing of women because they are female. In the end, the most affected groups are woman and children that seek protection from violence and death in their home countries. Deportation raids largely affect this group of people, and the inability to quickly receive this much needed refugee status lumps this group in with all illegal immigrants. Supporters and protectors of these groups point out that “the administration has placed women and children into the same category of deportation priorities as immigrants convicted of domestic violence or sexual abuse. It comes just below the top priority of weeding out suspected terrorists and violent felons.”
Central America is home to some of the world’s most violent countries not at war today, and for families living in these oppressed countries, run down by corrupt leaders or political and street warfare, migrating is often the only hope for survival. Children born into these countries, will only know violence and death as a way of living, and rarely will have the chance at a normal safe life. This ongoing war, crime and violence has led to an extraordinary number of people to be chased out of their homes and into neighboring countries, including the United States, creating discord among our leaders and citizens on how the country should manage the influx of people entering the country illegally. The struggle and length of time it takes to obtain refugee status, and the prominent danger these people are in, often leads them to enter the country illegally. Illegal Immigration policy must be a priority for the United States, as it affects the lives of men, women and children who are victims of violence and corruption worthy of refugee status, that deserve to …show more content…
El Salvador, aside from being ranked #3 most dangerous city in the world, it ranks #1 in the world for femicide, the killing of women because they are female. In the end, the most affected groups are woman and children that seek protection from violence and death in their home countries. Deportation raids largely affect this group of people, and the inability to quickly receive this much needed refugee status lumps this group in with all illegal immigrants. Supporters and protectors of these groups point out that “the administration has placed women and children into the same category of deportation priorities as immigrants convicted of domestic violence or sexual abuse. It comes just below the top priority of weeding out suspected terrorists and violent felons.”