“Just Like Us,” written by author Helen Thorpe, invites societal members to enter the world of immigrants living in the United States. Helen Thorpe depicts the endeavors of two illegal immigrant young ladies, challenging the education system, to receive funding allowing them to attend college without proper documentation. At the present, this book challenges the perceptions of individuals who possess legal status in the United States to empathize with those who are struggling to achieve an equal status of those similar to their peers. As the book clearly illustrates, some immigrants are in fact among or are the elite students academically on campus (Thorpe 2009).
The chapter begins with a domestic dispute between a father and daughter concerning an important event. Marisela, a senior in high school, disagrees with her father, …show more content…
Resulting in illegal status individuals failing to come forward and identify themselves: as they are in fear of deportation. This becomes more prevalent when the two young ladies attempt to complete their FAFSA and other documents pertaining to their enrollment in college and cannot proceed further with the process, as the two lack proper social security numbers. The two have the same issues: no valid social security cards, no identification cards, no legal registration status, all very disheartening situations to embrace. Ethnically, Hispanics benefit from multiple educational scholarships to assist with college expenses; however, those resources, unfortunately, are unavailable to illegal immigrants. Barriers such as the above mentioned, disregard the fact the Marisela has worked since the age of thirteen using a false identity. She has experienced the monetary deduction, also referred to as taxes, from her gross earnings, and never got to fully utilize the benefits of being a taxpayer in the society (Thorpe
The chapter begins with a domestic dispute between a father and daughter concerning an important event. Marisela, a senior in high school, disagrees with her father, …show more content…
Resulting in illegal status individuals failing to come forward and identify themselves: as they are in fear of deportation. This becomes more prevalent when the two young ladies attempt to complete their FAFSA and other documents pertaining to their enrollment in college and cannot proceed further with the process, as the two lack proper social security numbers. The two have the same issues: no valid social security cards, no identification cards, no legal registration status, all very disheartening situations to embrace. Ethnically, Hispanics benefit from multiple educational scholarships to assist with college expenses; however, those resources, unfortunately, are unavailable to illegal immigrants. Barriers such as the above mentioned, disregard the fact the Marisela has worked since the age of thirteen using a false identity. She has experienced the monetary deduction, also referred to as taxes, from her gross earnings, and never got to fully utilize the benefits of being a taxpayer in the society (Thorpe