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Immigrants. The Backbone of Our Nation
Close your eyes and imagine. Imagine a world that is consistently grey and dull. Doing the same routine day in and day out. Now, how does that have to do with Immigration? It really doesn’t but I wanted to have a somewhat interesting hook (although not original). Immigration is a controversial subject that seems to be on the mind of most politicians; as it should be. It seems to be an unanswered question that almost divides our country into two. A torn country that can’t seem to get past the logistics.

Immigrants coming from Latin America endure hardships that most people here in America just don’t understand. They come to the US in search of a better life for themselves and their family, to obtain back-breaking jobs that most Americans won’t take. They work jobs that are fundamental to the growth and prosperity of our nation. Yet, they still seem to get ridiculed for coming to America in search of a greater opportunity. Latin American immigrants (legal and illegal) are being demonized for wanting a better opportunity in America. Most come from countries ridden with gang violence, who flee their native country to seek refuge in ours. They constantly are in fear of being deported because if they are, it is a death sentence. The only way they can survive is if they make it in America. If everybody has the right to have the “American Dream” why can’t they? Why do they have to live in constant fear of being deported? It really is not fair for Americans to judge those who cross into the country illegally. We don’t know their story or the tribulations they had to endure.

Remember that our country was built on the back of immigrants. The refusal of immigrants coming to America would be severing the backbone of this nation. Ending DACA would be sending a generation of immigrants to a world they have never known. Forcing them to leave the country they’ve only ever known. Tearing apart close-knit families and potentially ripping America at her seams. Ending DACA would be destroying the lives of thousands of Americans.



The United States will ALWAYS be a country for immigrants built by immigrants. Everybody deserves the opportunities that America provides. No person should be barred from these rights no matter race or religion. America is open to all who seek her sanctuary and should never be afraid to do so. We as a country should open our arm to all immigrants and welcome them. After all, the US will always be the home of the strange as long as we remember that immigrants are always welcome.