What Are The Challenges Of Being An Undocumented Immigrant

As an undocumented immigrant one faces through many complications growing up in the United States. We start of by our parents going to the United States to pursue their “American Dream” and they bring their children along. Those children are raised to take school very serious in order to get an education and earn a degree so they could have their career set. I was raised like this because my parents want the best for me and get better opportunities than they had. At first a child does not understand where they were coming from because obviously as children we do not face many obstacles, at that time our parents faced them for us. I am now a young adult starting to notice and experience the same struggles my parents went through when they first came to the United States.

Since I was younger I always knew that I wanted a career within the medical field, but I was not quite sure in which in particular. I was encourage to be a nurse and that was my aim at first but over time I had less interest …show more content…
Being an undocumented immigrant has affected me in this way too since I was looking for options in going to college with some financial help from that college. For example those who do possess a SSN will earn more money and are more likely to get a raise or even get a better job. Or the benefit of unemployment for those who have temporary jobs; the government still pays them when their employment season is over until they start again. I personally struggle with this because my father is the only provider in the household of six and his job is seasonal meaning I come from a middle class income because he does not get the benefit of unemployment. It is extremely difficult to maintain a family and on the other side send your children to expensive college tuition. That being said I am really hoping for this scholarship because I want to pursue my education