Imagine yourself at the Mexican and American border. You think to yourself how wonderful it would be “The escape of [your] family and the start of a new life” (Le), with more opportunities. Also your children could grow up in a place where they have a good education and many opportunities in the future. However, you must make a choice. You can either go through the long process of legalization, or you can cross the border illegally. You decide that the easiest way would be to cross the border, so you get your family and go. The problem is when you cross that border you won't get the opportunities and fabulous life you imagined. When you cross the border illegally you are breaking the law and at some point be punished for your actions creating
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People who are legal immigrants receive opportunities that an illegal immigrant would not. In the article “Beyond Economics: Broadening Perspectives on Immigration to Canada,” Catherine Costigan, Sabine Lehr, and Sheena Miao, writers who used studies and the data in their paper, state, “The largest number of individuals in this case reported that their children’s educational opportunities were the most important reason for coming to Canada” (Costigan 32). Basically, Catherine Costigan, Sabine Lehr, and Sheena Miao are saying that the biggest reason people decide to migrate to Canada because they want to create a life that has many opportunities for their children. It is unknown whether these families are legally or illegally entering Canada, but if they are entering illegally they have taken away what they had come there for. An illegal immigrant is breaking the and therefore, if the parents bring their children to the country illegally, the children do not get the same opportunities as the people who are citizens. This could create the want to become legal immigrants so that the whole …show more content…
They don't realize there is a way to decrease separation of families. If the illegal immigrants go through the immigration process, separation would not be a problem. According to Adam Omar Hosein, the author of “Immigration: The Argument for Legalization,” “unauthorized migrants should be granted the right to stay because they have relationships with other people in the community” (Hosein 610). The essence of Adam Omar Hosein’s argument is that illegal immigrants should have the right to stay because they have friends or family in the community. However, an illegal immigrant is breaking the law and should be punished for the crime. If that punishment is deportation, the person must come to terms that they must leave the country and the people they have become close with. This is similar to what Lorella Praeli, a activist for the DREAMer organization, states in the documentary Frontline: Immigration Battle, when she says, “We’re fighting because we want our families to be together. We don't want to be afraid they might be taken from us” (Frontline: Immigration Battle). In making this comment, Lorella Praeli argues that people fight for illegal immigrants to be legalized in order for their families to stay together. Also, many illegal immigrants are afraid that their friends and family members will be taken away from them. Adam Omar
People who are legal immigrants receive opportunities that an illegal immigrant would not. In the article “Beyond Economics: Broadening Perspectives on Immigration to Canada,” Catherine Costigan, Sabine Lehr, and Sheena Miao, writers who used studies and the data in their paper, state, “The largest number of individuals in this case reported that their children’s educational opportunities were the most important reason for coming to Canada” (Costigan 32). Basically, Catherine Costigan, Sabine Lehr, and Sheena Miao are saying that the biggest reason people decide to migrate to Canada because they want to create a life that has many opportunities for their children. It is unknown whether these families are legally or illegally entering Canada, but if they are entering illegally they have taken away what they had come there for. An illegal immigrant is breaking the and therefore, if the parents bring their children to the country illegally, the children do not get the same opportunities as the people who are citizens. This could create the want to become legal immigrants so that the whole …show more content…
They don't realize there is a way to decrease separation of families. If the illegal immigrants go through the immigration process, separation would not be a problem. According to Adam Omar Hosein, the author of “Immigration: The Argument for Legalization,” “unauthorized migrants should be granted the right to stay because they have relationships with other people in the community” (Hosein 610). The essence of Adam Omar Hosein’s argument is that illegal immigrants should have the right to stay because they have friends or family in the community. However, an illegal immigrant is breaking the law and should be punished for the crime. If that punishment is deportation, the person must come to terms that they must leave the country and the people they have become close with. This is similar to what Lorella Praeli, a activist for the DREAMer organization, states in the documentary Frontline: Immigration Battle, when she says, “We’re fighting because we want our families to be together. We don't want to be afraid they might be taken from us” (Frontline: Immigration Battle). In making this comment, Lorella Praeli argues that people fight for illegal immigrants to be legalized in order for their families to stay together. Also, many illegal immigrants are afraid that their friends and family members will be taken away from them. Adam Omar