The Importance Of Migration To The United States

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Many people living in Mexico don’t have enough to feed, clothed, and shelter their families. Sometimes the children have to go to bed with an empty stomach dreaming about food filling their empty stomachs up. The majority of immigrant women come to the United States to send money back to their families in Mexico so they can buy their necessities. People are often in the streets with their kids with nothing to eat, “I came here because I didn’t have enough to feed my kids. I had nowhere to live because I was making so little money,”’ said Gloria Garcia, a 43 year old Mexican mother who was forced to part with her children.” Families aren’t living life if they are unhappy because of all their struggles. Families should drive to achieve their

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