Speech On Illegal Immigration

Recently there has been a lot of talk about illegal immigration in the United States. I think it is important for people to understand why these people from other countries choose to come here. To better understand the reason behind people coming here illegally, we first need to know why people in general wants to come here. The simple answer for that would be because they want to live better and safer life. To get it started, I will share my experiences and expectations of the America before I arrived here. 4 months prior to my flight, all I had in my mind was the “America”. My perception of America was the fancy buildings and happy toys, just like in the movie; the Spiderman. It was amazing to see the Spiderman flying from building to building. This is how I imagined the America to be, but once I arrived at Atlanta, Georgia I realized that America was different from what I expected. America did have fancy buildings, but also people with no home. Over all, the quality of life here seemed a lot better than anywhere else I had previously lived. United States offers protection, freedom, and opportunities to its citizens, which is the main reason why people migrate here. However, all those …show more content…
They are included in terms of their presence in society, in workplace, in schools, and in communities, like so, they are excluded in terms of not being able to obtain a driver’s licenses, work without authorization, and access most public benefits (Maddau). For example, close to 71 percent of undocumented immigrants have no health insurance (Sommers). Also, because of the deportation process, certain groups are targeted more than others, almost people involved in removal since 1998 are Mexican and Central Immigrants (Golash-Boza). In addition, not all migrants deported to Mexico are Mexican citizens; some are Central America citizens (Palacios, Pedro,