The sociological Imagination is a way of thinking where one can “think yourself away from the familiar routines of everyday life”. Multiple people use this on a daily basis and do not even know it. It is a useful skill that can benefit many people from doctors, attorneys, janitors, even authors. In the book, “In the Country We Love: My Family Divided” by Diane Guerrero she details her life before and after her family was deported. Guerrero used this throughout the novel multiple times to help add emphasize or detail to her personal story. A major one was her family’s history and how it affected her in the present day. Her mother and father both migrated from Columbia before they came to America. Both of her parents displayed a deep love for
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There were multiple events that lead of to the individual deportation of her family members. Her mother was deported first. They suspected the reason she was deported was because she submitted paperwork through an agency to file her papers for citizenship. Her mother was deported for the first time soon after the papers were submitted. She was deported for a second time while walking some children to school. She luckily found a way back to America and was deported a third time alongside her father. Her parents were held in a holding facility until they were deported. Her brother was deported after he was arrested for getting into a fight. Her brother’s public defender urged him to file as a misdemeanor. At the time they weren’t aware that this was cause for deportation also. Diane came home from school one day to find her entire family gone. The U.S government failed Diane twice that week. They not only had taken her family from her, they also never checked on her. They never made sure she had sustainable shelter, food, or clothing. They left her abandoned. Diane had to work hard to make sure she had somewhere to live. She stayed with different friends and family members while she was in school. Diane details the use of social networks throughout the book. Her parents used it to find shelter after they were deported …show more content…
Our current immigration policies leave children homeless and parentless. It is fear and stereotypes that prolong this treatment. If I could change the current immigration policy, I would change it completely. There would be multiple different ways for people to gain citizenship. Programs like DACA and the Dream Act would not be bookmarks for children, they would be able to gain citizenship after a certain amount of years living and contributing to the U.S. People would not have to prove immigration status to police, they would be grated basic rights. Illegal Immigrates give a large amount of revenue to the U.S government. In, Undocumented Immigrants Pay Taxes Too, it states , “In 2010 3 million ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number) paid more than 870 million in income taxes.” They go on to explain that the only thing the ITIN’s get out of filing for taxes is a paper trail that they are contributing to society. They don’t get money back through earned income tax. Nor do they get social security or Medicare. (Campbell. 2017) Since these people are contributing to our country in such a large way, they should also be a part of our society. In the U.S people are able to gain citizenship through three different ways, birth, blood and naturalization. If they are born her, they were born under at least one U.S citizen, and acquiring it legally. The Naturalization process is not simple, and is very complicated
There were multiple events that lead of to the individual deportation of her family members. Her mother was deported first. They suspected the reason she was deported was because she submitted paperwork through an agency to file her papers for citizenship. Her mother was deported for the first time soon after the papers were submitted. She was deported for a second time while walking some children to school. She luckily found a way back to America and was deported a third time alongside her father. Her parents were held in a holding facility until they were deported. Her brother was deported after he was arrested for getting into a fight. Her brother’s public defender urged him to file as a misdemeanor. At the time they weren’t aware that this was cause for deportation also. Diane came home from school one day to find her entire family gone. The U.S government failed Diane twice that week. They not only had taken her family from her, they also never checked on her. They never made sure she had sustainable shelter, food, or clothing. They left her abandoned. Diane had to work hard to make sure she had somewhere to live. She stayed with different friends and family members while she was in school. Diane details the use of social networks throughout the book. Her parents used it to find shelter after they were deported …show more content…
Our current immigration policies leave children homeless and parentless. It is fear and stereotypes that prolong this treatment. If I could change the current immigration policy, I would change it completely. There would be multiple different ways for people to gain citizenship. Programs like DACA and the Dream Act would not be bookmarks for children, they would be able to gain citizenship after a certain amount of years living and contributing to the U.S. People would not have to prove immigration status to police, they would be grated basic rights. Illegal Immigrates give a large amount of revenue to the U.S government. In, Undocumented Immigrants Pay Taxes Too, it states , “In 2010 3 million ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number) paid more than 870 million in income taxes.” They go on to explain that the only thing the ITIN’s get out of filing for taxes is a paper trail that they are contributing to society. They don’t get money back through earned income tax. Nor do they get social security or Medicare. (Campbell. 2017) Since these people are contributing to our country in such a large way, they should also be a part of our society. In the U.S people are able to gain citizenship through three different ways, birth, blood and naturalization. If they are born her, they were born under at least one U.S citizen, and acquiring it legally. The Naturalization process is not simple, and is very complicated