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Immigration is an important topic to me because it is something that has become a big issue in the United States.  I want others to know the struggle immigrants face. I want people to see that immigrants aren’t here to harm anyone but to help themselves and their families live better lives.  It is currently an issue and there has been a history of different immigration issues in the United States in the past. There seems to be discrimination against the immigrants that come into the United States and have a bad reputation of people who steal our jobs and people that seem to do more harm than good. Now, there are so many laws that prevent immigrants from coming to the United States, which I think should change. Immigrants have the idea that America really is a land of opportunity and they want to come here to live a better life and give their families better lives, but we’re not letting them. One of the major reasons that people from other countries want to move to the United States is to escape the hardships of their country and seek a better life for themselves and their families that are in their country living in poverty that is nothing compared to the poverty in other countries.

 My Grandparents on my father’s side were immigrants that worked hard to get all their children a better life here. My Mom and my dad were immigrants and they started their life here at the bottom. They didn’t speak any English. They learned English on their own through the music that was coming out, such as the Beatles or Guns and Roses and Michael Jackson. Talking to people that were bilingual helped them out a lot and looking at Spanish-English books helped them out a lot. They never took courses, but simply got used to listening and learning. That’s how my parents, aunts and uncles learned English—mostly by singing songs together as a group, while my dad played the guitar. It was easier for the kids to learn English because we had to go to school every day with kids and teachers that spoke English every day.

People make laws restricting Immigrants from coming to the United States because they feel that they take the jobs that belong to American citizens and that they increase the poverty rate. At the same time, it can take years in order for them to gain their citizenship.

Immigration seems more negatively than a positive thing because they violate immigration laws are are in the United States illegally. Even though many of people in history migrated to the United States for a better life, they keep making restrictions to make it difficult to cross the border.  In the past, immigrants were discriminated against, especially if they were immigrants without any money. The Irish and the Germans were one of the first Immigrants to the United States. The Irish were very poor immigrants at the time, while the German were middle class and were able to handle themselves better because they had money. There were so many people coming from these two places because they wanted to escape the hardships of their countries and live a better life here, much like the immigrants of today.

Immigrants have limited opportunities in the United States because they take any job they can get to survive and if they are illegal, they don't have legal papers in order to work in a better paying job. People feel that Immigration is bad because they’re taking our jobs and making it hard for Americans to find jobs, especially with the economy today. Immigrants have it hard for them because it’s difficult for them to get here legally unless they marry somebody and even then, it could take them years to get their papers. Many immigrants are required to learn to be independent and learn how to work because nobody’s willing to take the time to teach them. The people that do know a lot don’t have it easy either. Because they are immigrants without legal papers, it is difficult for them to get a high-paying job, no matter how skilled they are. Immigrants might be the some of the people that work so hard to earn a better living for themselves and their families.