Satire Essay About Immigration

Immigration comes to mind when reflecting on the readings. I guess because immigration is the main topic for this current administration. Immigrants and slaves were brought to this country by no choice of their own and have lived in America since it was stolen from the natives. They help to build this country yet there is much fear when it comes to immigrants entering this country today. Now I’m proud to be an American and I wouldn’t trade this country for anything else. However, I don’t believe immigrants should come to this country illegally, but I do believe there is room for all people no matter their identity and ethnicity, creed, or color as defined by the U.S. Constitution. This current administration has turned the lives of many immigrants’ upside down. I can’t imagine the fear they must face; fear of mass deportation and being separated from their families and loved ones. I believe more should be done to help the undocumented people who have lived and worked here as productive citizens. I’m sure that the stress and anxiety that comes with being undocumented is very high. Many of these people are used for the skills that they have and when they have been used and no longer needed …show more content…
The so-called illegal aliens help to make America and some continue to work hard today for minimal pay. I believe we need to look at the whole picture when it comes to immigrants. Are we as a country afraid to share this country’s wealth with immigrants? Or is it the race mix that concerns the nation. Race and ethnicity is so complicated that it’s hard for me to wrap my mind around it. I understand that there are three ethnicities Mongoloid, Caucasoid and Negroid, we all fall into one of these groups. However, the white man has constructed race to define us by the color of our skin and to put us into little groups to keep us in categories so that they the white race can remain in