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Adriana Carmona

Allison Fernley

ENGL1010

2 December 2015

Walking Away from Deportation

A father is unable to see his child for what seems like forever, only being able to

communicate through a phone call that costs about 5 cents a minute. This father was brought to

the states at a young age and is an illegal immigrant. He grew up and adapted to the American

way of life yet he was deported and taken away from his family. His child who was indeed born

in the United States was left behind to live a life without a father. The big problem in our country

is how we deal with the issue of Immigration and the true emotions behind it; the fear of leaving

to an unknown place, or, for citizens the fear of not knowing the people who enter our country

undocumented; anger from a child who is teased for not having a father, or anger from the people

who believe its wrong that we give these people jobs and help; desperation from not being able

to handle being away from their family, and risking their lives to return to the only life they

know, or desperation in not getting an answer on how immigration should be dealt with. As I

said, many emotions are intertwined with the idea of immigration, but people only look to the

only side they know and see.

The United States is a melting pot of culture, race, religion, etc. This is what I

remember most when learning about our country in school and I was fascinated by it. We were

so proud and did not hesitate to tell people how diverse of a country we are, but we are deporting

the people who helped us get this nickname. The people who are born here and have Hispanic,

African, Asian or other heritages barely even know where they come from nowadays let alone
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the history behind their families. We get the true culture from those who know where they come

from and who lived that life. For example we have access to so many different types of food

coming from places all over the world, food like tacos from south of the border or sushi from

asian culture or many others. So if we go ahead and take away the real culture then we might just

as well call ourselves a pot, with false hopes.

So my question is, Should we be deporting illegal immigrants? Is immigration truly the

problem? Immigration Reform dates back all the way to 1986 when Ronald Reagan signed the

Immigration Reform and Control Act on November 6th. This law tightened the problem of

immigration because it required employers to attest to the legal status of their employees and

made it illegal to hire unauthorized immigrants, making it that much harder for these people to

find or keep jobs when all most of them wanted to do is start over and provide for their families.

These people are forced to live in the shadows of the American Dream for fear of deportation. To

this day immigration is a big debate especially in the campaigning for the Presidential Elections.

But what is the answer to immigration? Build a wall, or deport them? There are various views on

the issue, many pertaining to criminals, unaccompanied children, or the issue of money, to name

a few. These are the three I have chosen to be the most our society tends to think about when

discussing about immigration.

The people in the U.S. who are pro-deportation have a reasonable argument to why they

believe deportation will solve the problem of immigration. Criminals are a main concern in our

country, and how we deal with them is the big question. Illegal immigrants are a problem, but if

you add criminal to that name, well you just doubled the problem according to these pro-

deportation people.
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The United States has two major borders and the one America feels to keep more of an

eye on is Mexico. Canada holds more than 50 terrorist groups yet American politicians arent

really concerned about them. This pro-deportation group strongly believes that the way we deal

with immigration is failing. Sure, we built a wall, but in doing so we also gave criminals a

chance to come over legally with temporary visas. People from all around the world are

coming into our country with visas, 40 percent of them being criminals, were given a chance to

come to the U.S. for a certain amount of time, yet that was not their plan. The plan for most visa

overstayers was to come in legally and then disappear into our society and never return home on

their scheduled return date. Nineteen of these visa overstayers massacred 3,000 civilians on the

morning of September 11th, 2001 (Johnson) and they reiterate that the answer to the problem is

deportation, that the wall has failed and that its time for a new solution.

These criminals are to be deported but only if they fall into one of these categories:

suspected terrorists and spies, gang members, convicted felons, domestic and sexual abusers,

drug dealers, drunk drivers, and recent illegal border crossers. They feel that if we don't take

action towards deportation, more illegal criminals like Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez will be

relieved of detainment and be able to reenter society were they can continue to do crime. Juan

had a long criminal background and was deported five times, yet he was released and shortly

after shot and killed Kathryn Steinle. Its Common Sense to the issue of public safety,

(Washington Post). Yes Mexico wants a legal and orderly way of emigration but the American

answer now is deportation. Actions speak louder than walls, (Johnson). It is the time to take

action on the real issue of illegal criminals.

On the other hand others are against deportation when it comes to unaccompanied

children. Obama is an example of someone who is against deporting these young individuals.
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Unaccompanied children are children who were brought to the states at a young age with no clue

of what was in store for them. Most of these children only speak one language, English, and have

little to no knowledge of where they really come from. In 2012 Obama pursued The Deferred

Action for Childhood Arrivals program that temporarily halted the deportations of more then

600,000 unlawful immigrants who were brought here as children, allowing them to work for two

years (Nowrasteh). Imagine living here in the U.S. your whole life and then all of a sudden you

are being told you are to be deported and returned home. At that point what is home? A place

you have grown and built your whole life in isn't your home anymore according to a birth

certificate. These unaccompanied children lose decades of greater good income, a higher

standard of living, and freedom to live where they choose. The people against deportation of

children want a reasonable solution in dealing with illegal children, a chance for them to work

and a pathway towards earning citizenship. This may relieve some of the pain caused by the

Immigration Policy.

The last view I looked at dealt with deportation and money. Our country and the people

in it tend to look past how much money plays a role in everything. Nineteen percent of people in

the U.S. want to deport what would be an estimated 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants from

our country. On the other hand 65 percent want a sensible solution to immigration and believe

they should be given a chance to gain legal status and earn citizenship. But what if that 19

percent got their way? To deport 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants, not including

detainment, would cost about $10,070 per immigrant. The total cost for everything including

detainment and the mass strategy to deport them all would cost our country an estimated $420

billion to $620 billion. Yet people are still for deportation even having these drastic set of facts

laid out in front of them. They fail to see that it would devastate the nation to rid so many from
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our country and mainly our work force. It would shrink the labor force by 6.4 percent in over two

decades. To put aside differences and think about the real cause and effect could save our

country from a possible future recession or depression, and by not deporting these 11.3 million,

the earnings of all Americans would increase by $625 million and would create almost 145,00

new jobs (Wolgin).

Immigrants are what makes our country so unique and inspiring. The fact that so many

people with so many different backgrounds can coexist with one another is incredible. And to

even think about sending these immigrants to their birth countries would be insane. But I never

thought about the criminals in our country that happen to be illegals. So, yes, I do agree they

should be deported, but I only agree to an extent. Men who are in the same situation as Jose

deserve the right to be heard. Jose was brought into the United States at 12 years old, was raised

and built a life and family here, but his family only came to America to escape the violence of

the American-led war on drugs. He was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time when law

enforcement sneaked in on a coffee date. An old friend of Jose and his brother called in saying

he was going to be in town and they should meet up for coffee. What Jose didnt know was that

his so called friend was held under surveillance by law enforcement for drug trafficking. Jose

and his brother got swept up as well as the friend and were charged with being an accomplice

and then were deported. Law enforcement even went to the extent of trying to charge Joses wife

with being accomplice as well but Jose made sure that didnt happen and accepted his plea

bargain. That is my extent, everyone makes mistakes and for immigrants they never get that

second chance like so many Americans do. And because of these mistakes children are left in the

U.S. without a parent or parents. I do agree unaccompanied children should be given the

opportunity to build their lives here, but will some of them end up like Jose or be sent back for
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being criminals because they didnt have parents growing up to guide them? We need to stop

focusing on the differences of other people and realize that we are all struggling for the same

thing, which is a chance at a good life. We need to start caring more about our country and the

people in it, or we will fail to protect it. Illegal criminals will be able to reenter our society,

children may be without parents, the work force may lessen and many other reasons to why we

need to start caring.


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Works Cited

"Common sense on immigration." Washington Post 14 Aug. 2015. Opposing Viewpoints in

Context. Web. 6 Nov. 2015.

Grigsby, Susan. "Immigration Reform-now It's Personal." <i>Daily Kos</i>. N.p., n.d. Web. 29

Nov. 2015. &lt;http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/3/8/1368635/-Immigration-reform-now-

it-s-personal&gt;.

"Immigration Accord Would Help Mexico Lock Our 'Back Door'" The Brookings Institution.

The Brookings Institute, 18 Mar. 2002. Web. 6 Nov. 2015.

Johnson, Mac. "The U.S. Government Must Get Serious About Deporting Those Who Are Here

Illegally." Illegal Immigration. Ed. Debra A. Miller. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2007.

Current Controversies. Rpt. from "Immigration Reform Will Fail Without Deportation."

Human Events (8 May 2006). Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 6 Nov. 2015.

Nowrasteh, Alex. "Obama Policy Is Positive Step, But Could Delay Real Reform." Cato

Institute. N.p., 19 June 2012. Web. 01 Nov. 2015.

Nowrasteh, Alex. "President Obama's Delayed Action on Immigration Is Part of a Long Pattern."

Cato Institute. N.p., 10 Sept. 2014. Web. 01 Nov. 2015.

Wolgin, Philip E. "What Would It Cost to Deport 11.3 Million Unauthorized Immigrants?" Center for

American Progress. N.p., 18 Aug. 2015. Web. 18 Aug. 2015.


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I got a peer review from Luna Ullman and she was very helpful. She told me my back story was
very clear and it was interesting and informative. What she thought I needed to fix was maybe I
used to much opinion throughout the body of my paper but I simply tried to put myself in the
shoes of those who felt strongly about the view they chose and make that seen throughout. For
that I did not feel the need to change the opinions voiced because I felt it would take away from
those views. The other thing was to have a little more information to go on and you also told me
this during our conference. I have added more and feel it made the paper more stable and easier
to understand. I think I did very well on this paper at first it was a little confusing and I was
worried about writing it, but after getting all my research and really feeling motivated by the
topic I choose it was fairly easy. I thought I did well with mixing all my sources together into
one paragraph but also giving the sources I used credit which is found throughout the body of my
paper.

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