Immigration: Undocumented Immigrants

In the United States having fake or papers that are no longer valid is just as good as having no papers at all. Without the proper documentation, you do not have access to things such as obtaining driver licenses, access to public health systems, proper housing, education, banks, and employment. There are some immigrants who forge identity documentation to obtain access to most of these basic benefits. Unfortunately, this is extremely risky and many do not take this chance in fear of being deported or being sent to immigration detention centers, where there you are stripped of your human rights and treated inhumanely. Life as an undocumented immigrant is very hard. They cannot legally work in the US, therefore not being able to provide for
They cannot complain about this to law enforcement, or about anything at all due to fear of being deported. Jose Antonio Vargas, a 35-year-old Filipino who came to the US with his grandparents when he was twelve, learned he was undocumented when trying to acquire a driver's license with identity documents that were given by his family that he then saw were fraudulent. He later used his Filipino passport and false documents that included a green card to help him bypass deportation. These are other examples that greatly impact the rights of undocumented immigrants in the US because they are unable to care for themselves and their families. If they cannot work and cannot send their children to school, and even if they are able to enroll their children in education, a time is bound to come when employers and colleges ask for some form of identification. One being a Social Security number. There was a young girl who remained as anonymous that was brought to the US in July of 2000 with only a small bag that carried a change of clothes and a bottle of
She ended up going to the Universtiy of Illinois where she continues to study sociology. In the near future without a social security number or any sort of identification, she will face unemployment because she cannot be legally hired. This is a young woman with high potential and determination, and will likely endure difficulty as she grows older and end up somewhere along the lines as she said in this article It is flabbergasting to see that something like not having the proper papers can put a barrier between yourself and impact your future. There was another undocumented immigrant named Antonio Herrera who was detained in 2012 for working with false papers. His girlfriend, Kathleen Velazquez reveals that those charges were eventually dismissed, but he was placed in immigration detention and missed the birth of his son According to Kathleen, Anton was the principal provider for her and their children, his sister, mother, and impaired elderly brother. It seems that papers are all that matter in life and they are the main determined of someone's future. Unfortunately, in the world we live in today those papers change the game