What's Behind United States Immigration (Exploratory Essay)
Mellizza Lansang
EN102-21169
Prof: M Jacob Broderick
9 October 2012
What is behind US Immigration?
Illegal immigration has been a huge problem of United States for a long period of time. There are two common ways of how people come to US illegally; first is to cross the border between Mexico and US; second is to overstay when they come to US as a visitor. Why do people want to come to the United States if they are going to be here illegally? Simply, because those illegal immigrants want to have a better life than what they have back in their homeland; but the question here is why then did people come to the United States illegally if they are not getting any benefits? As I asked myself this question, my mind begun to think about the reason of why many illegal immigrants risk their freedom by coming over to a country where they must hide. There must be something that this country is offering to everyone regardless of their legal status.
As I was a teenager I had friends who were siblings, but they were undocumented. They came to United States with their parents when they were around five and six year-old to visit their relatives. They overstayed in US and find a job to support their daily needs. Now, their parents are working as caregivers in a private nursing home. Their family now has a stable and better life and the siblings are now both in college, one is in a community college and the older one is finishing her studies in Arizona State University because she got a full scholarship. Now, my question is answered; the government or any other organization, association, or even private individual are giving undocumented people benefits. In this case they have given employment that could be offered to an American and scholarship that could be given to an American student. They even have this “TIN number,” I wasn’t sure what “TIN number” is, but I was told that this number was given to them as a visitor and can be used to open a bank account. I am not envious of
EN102-21169
Prof: M Jacob Broderick
9 October 2012
What is behind US Immigration?
Illegal immigration has been a huge problem of United States for a long period of time. There are two common ways of how people come to US illegally; first is to cross the border between Mexico and US; second is to overstay when they come to US as a visitor. Why do people want to come to the United States if they are going to be here illegally? Simply, because those illegal immigrants want to have a better life than what they have back in their homeland; but the question here is why then did people come to the United States illegally if they are not getting any benefits? As I asked myself this question, my mind begun to think about the reason of why many illegal immigrants risk their freedom by coming over to a country where they must hide. There must be something that this country is offering to everyone regardless of their legal status.
As I was a teenager I had friends who were siblings, but they were undocumented. They came to United States with their parents when they were around five and six year-old to visit their relatives. They overstayed in US and find a job to support their daily needs. Now, their parents are working as caregivers in a private nursing home. Their family now has a stable and better life and the siblings are now both in college, one is in a community college and the older one is finishing her studies in Arizona State University because she got a full scholarship. Now, my question is answered; the government or any other organization, association, or even private individual are giving undocumented people benefits. In this case they have given employment that could be offered to an American and scholarship that could be given to an American student. They even have this “TIN number,” I wasn’t sure what “TIN number” is, but I was told that this number was given to them as a visitor and can be used to open a bank account. I am not envious of