My parents, my sister and I came to the US in 1984 in hopes of a better opportunity. I was five and she was three. We attended school like every other child does and were basically living a better life than the one we had back home in Colombia. Throughout the whole time we were here my parents tried very hard to obtain legal status but for some reason nothing was ever resolved. My parents worked hard and saved money. They bought their first house and paid their property taxes, did everything they needed to do to be the perfect model citizens. With no legal status I knew I had to do something so I fell in love and got married to an American Citizen of Jewish and Polish descent. We had a child and after I obtained my citizenship I petitioned for my parents and my sister. This was April 2007. By this time my sister was attending FMU and my father was paying for it with his hard earned money. She graduated in June 2007 with a AA in Criminal Justice. We were so proud everything was going good. I was pregnant with my 2nd child and she was going to be in the delivery room with me just like she was with my first. She was the first to go to college so we were very happy and proud of her. Then on July 3 2007 our lives were changed dramatically. I say dramatically because we never thought that my little sister could get deported. They came to her condo early in the morning with the excuse of the security at her door. She was getting ready for work and they took her before we could not do anything for her. It was completely out of our hands. Our family was distraught. It's been almost 3 yrs and if you could imagine coming from a close family nothing is the same. Thanksgiving which was our favorite time to be with the family is no longer the same. My kids are missing out on spending time with their aunt. It's not fair. She was paying for her condo and had excellent credit. She worked and graduated. She had dreams of becoming a detective and now it's gone.
In my opinion immigrants are being treated very unfairly. We are taught that we are all equal, no one is superior to anyone. This should be considered as a failure to respect people’s rights. People are very quick at being judgemental. Put yourselves in their shoes, see things from their point of view. It is not as easy as it seems to legally come in to the United States.
Carolina Yednak and her family did not do anything. They followed the laws, they attended schools, worked hard, and tried to maintain a legal status, like any other American citizen. They never resolved their illegal status issues, even though they bought their own house and they paid their taxes. They tried to do everything right and follow the law. They were not bothering anyone, they were just building up their lives and doing things right. Many Americans don’t want immigrants in the United States because they are “taking their jobs”, if you want something you need to work hard for it and that is what these people are doing. This girls’ sister had just graduated and was working hard for what she wanted it is so unfair that she got deported, but others that are in the street doing crimes are happily living in the U.S. just because they were born there. These people come to America to make something of themselves and fulfill their dreams and the law is stopping them from having a good future they have earned.
I consider a better way to treat the issue of immigration is to check the persons record, if they have a clean record make them legal and keep them on probation for a couple of years. If they follow the law let them become permanent residents of the U.S. I understand that it is a way to prevent overpopulation and prevent having more issues with the economy. But some people do it for all the wrong reasons like racism and jealousy and that is very wrong. We have to keep in mind that we are all a part of the same world and that you can’t judge someone just because of their culture or color. Before you do something like that think about how you would feel if you were going to another country looking for a better life, how would you like to be treated?
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