Immigrant Family Research Paper

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As the child of an immigrant family, the immigration policies are of great importance to my family along with many other families. The immigration policies affect many legal and illegal immigrant families and their U.S. born children. The ever-changing laws pertaining to immigrants and how to handle them splits families apart and deports citizens acting fully within the law who have done nothing to deserve their unjust treatment. The laws regarding the deportation of immigrants are never fully clear and are constantly changing thus, leaving many immigrants lost and confused as to their situations not knowing if they are going to be removed from the country at any moment. An immigrant may apply for a residency renewal and find themselves in

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