Fryda Ramirez Immigration Reform

Research:

Immigrants. What is an immigrant and what exactly makes a person an immigrant. An immigrant is a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. Immigration has always been such a debatable and controversial topic in the United States, especially today. But we have to remember this country was made because of immigrants. Today “approximately 43.4 million foreign-born people live in the United States." California has the highest rate of immigrants in the United States which is estimated at around 10 million. “Eight of ten immigrants in California are working-age adults, compared to four of every seven US-born California residents.” More than a third of working-age adults in California are immigrants.  Because of this, "immigrants have added an estimated $2 trillion to the U.S. GDP in 2016." Immigrants have made a huge impact in the United States, economically. Immigrants have a positive impact on the United States.

Personal:

Personally, deporting immigrants back to their home country saddens me. Especially those who have lived most their life here than in their homeland. Some immigrants came at a very young age and had no choice. Others risk their lives coming here. What they all have in common is that they all came to the United States in hope to better their own lives and their families lives as well. Some people see immigrants as lazy but in reality, I feel that they are the most hardworking and it shows with the facts from above. I feel that they are the most hardworking because they want to prove that they should stay because of the positive impact they have made in the United States. We have doctors, lawyers, teachers, and other impactful immigrants that make a huge difference in the country. Even those that cannot get an education or higher paying jobs, they take low paying jobs that natural born Americans do not want. This affects me because I live in fear that one day I will come home and my parents are not going to be home due to getting deported. I feel that other children of immigrants have this same fear. Some even have this fear for themselves. I feel that as a community, together we can change the president’s and Congress’s mind and make them remember that immigrants are people too and they are who Make America Great.

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Additional Information:

References:

Hayes, J. (2017, January). Immigrants in California. Retrieved November, 2017, from http://www.ppic.org/publication/immigrants-in-california/

The CAP Immigration Team and Michael D. Nicholson. (2017, April 20). The Facts on Immigration Today: 2017 Edition. Retrieved November, 2017, from https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/reports/2017/04/20/430736/facts-immigration-today-2017-edition/