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  • Essay / What is immigration and poverty? - 905

    I have experienced immigration discrimination since I was nine years old. My parents and I arrived in the United States in 2004, and since then, fear has taken over our lives. I also know that immigrants risk their lives trying to arrive in a country in hopes of escaping crime, to protect themselves and for their children to achieve the American dream. They even hide in trucks and some immigrants are lucky enough to pass the discriminatory VISA selection process which becomes more complex every day, leading more and more immigrants to become illegal aliens. For once, poor people trying to get a VISA have to prove that they are rich because they need a lot of money and assets. After arriving in the United States as an illegal alien, if they were lucky enough to survive the 8 or up to 20 hours of walking through the dry desert, they then face a departure of less than 'a fetus because a fetus has loving parents who will. provide shelter, protection and food. On the other hand, immigrants have no shelter, protection, food, work, language and sometimes they have no one to ask for help. These complex situations destroy their mental well-being because they are afraid 24/7 of the government that tries to protect the "weak and vulnerable" and instead harms the truly weak and vulnerable immigrants. Deportation separates immigrant families. Additionally, if they attempt to change their legal status, they are punished with 10 years in prison and the children pay the consequences. Once again, the government's attempt to protect the weakest and most vulnerable has harmed the children of immigrants who are welcomed