Fear tends to stop people from doing the right thing more often than not; we are regularly afraid of things we know nothing about. Mexico, for example, has an appalling rate of drug use and murder, and we watch CNN or FOX and discuss over coffee the horrible atrocities happening there and quietly thank God that it's not happening to within our borders. The truth is that the high murder rate has nothing to do with ordinary people in Mexico, except that it destroys their quality of life. This is the result of power-hungry drug lords wanting to control the city. Growing up in a predominantly white town, we had a narrow view of people who came to America in search of a better life. We specifically viewed Hispanics as lazy and dirty people. In my early twenties, I ended up moving to Yakima for a short time. Here I had the opportunity to work with a Hispanic man, husband and father of three children. I realized how narrow-minded I had been, he was truly an honest, hard-working man that everyone could respect. In the early Americas, immigrants from all continents flocked to the promised land. Courageous men and women came from Europe to the Americas in the early years of our country, where the Church led a church seeking separation from government. There were three groups in this church; the Puritans, the Separatists and the Government; the Separatists were the group of men and women who believed that the Church had strayed too far from its original purpose, so they set out to reestablish their belief system. The Puritans believed that things could be restored, but they ultimately came to America because of the churches' resistance to change. Both the Puritans and the Separatists were seeking a better life, a free life...... middle of paper...... America is still and will continue to be the place where accomplish not only American objective. dream, but any dream. Works Cited Cooper, Mary H. “Immigration Reform.” CQ Researcher September 24, 1993: 841-64. Internet. March 9. 2011Gayton, Fracisco “Immigration Debate.” CQ Researcher February 1, 2008: 97-120. Internet. March 9. 2011 Hamto, Maileen. “My Turn: Being American” Ramage, Bean and Johnson 495 PrintJindal, Bobby. “Let’s reform immigration and make America stronger.” India - West, dry. 36: A8. Monitor ethnic news. 2010. Internet. March 9, 2011Ramage, John D, John C. Bean and June Johnson, Eds. Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings 8th ed. New York Peasron Education 2011. Print