The Attitude To Mexican Immigrants In America
Many illegal immigrants are facing deportation each day and living in fear. Immigrants do not cause any harm or problems, all they do is come here to look for a job, have a better lifestyle, and get a better education for their children. Instead of deporting immigrants, help them become an American citizen and let them continue their life here, unless they have a criminal record here in the United States. Citizens assume that immigrants just come here to “steal jobs” but that is not true, the majority of immigrants take jobs that no one wants. Help illegal immigrants become American citizens so they can live their life better than they did at home. Mexican Immigrants are living in fear. No one should be living in fear especially if they have no type of criminal record.
According to USA Today, a man was arrested in front of his own house with his family inside watching. No family should see their loved ones getting taken away, especially their children. Whenever the man’s son watches the news and sees the border patrol he says, “Look, the people that took my papi.” (usatoday.com). It is very sad to hear that a 6 year old can point out who took away his father. No kid should grow up without their father in the picture or any parent figure. Are mexican immigrants criminals? Many crimes that had happened over the years, none of the suspects were mexican immigrants. All the suspects from major crimes were all American citizens and not immigrants.
The people on the sides of the roads sellings flowers, fruit, elotes, and many more snacks are not criminals they are just trying to get money, instead of just asking for money with signs on the ends of freeways or outside of stores, they go out and sell things. But they end up getting arrested for causing no harm to anyone. According to KRON 4, a man was selling fruit on the side and he got arrested just for selling fruit, he did not commit any type of serious crime but he still got arrested. (kron4.com). It is unfair that people trying to make money to provide for their families or to just eat are getting arrested. They are selling snacks and not just asking for money like some citizens do. Immigrants are taking the jobs that nobody wants. Many citizens complain that immigrants are taking jobs away but not all citizens want to go work out in a field. If it weren’t for immigrants taking these jobs, we wouldn’t have many products in the stores and many crops would not get picked.
According to Brookings, Trump said that immigrants are stealing jobs but how are immigrants stealing jobs if the average citizen does not want to go out and work in a field. (Brookings.edu). No one wants to go out in the hot sun and pick crops for several hours. For working out in the field for many hours, you get back pains and get home late every day. Once you get home you do not get to see your family often, only when they eat dinner and then go to sleep. It is a routine, wake up, go to work, come home, eat, and sleep, not everyone wants to have that type of job. Citizens are disrespectful towards mexican immigrants. For example, a man in Los Angeles named Benjamin Ramirez, was selling elotes and raspados when all of a sudden an american citizen knocked over his cart, spilling all his merchandise. The reason the man knocked over his cart was because he was “blocking the sidewalk,” but if he was blocking the sidewalk he could have easily walked around, knocking over his cart was uncalled for. (latimes.com).
There has been many incidents with immigrants speaking their language or selling snacks. In another story, a citizen yelled at a mexican mother for speaking spanish to her own children. The mexican mother and her family were in an IHOP waiting for a table, talking to her family in the language they know when all of a sudden a lady interrupted the conversation by saying, “We speak English in America!” and “Learn how to speak english or get out of America!” (sandiegouniontribune.com). The mother was attacked for speaking the language she knows, there is no reason to yell at an innocent women for doing no type of harm to any person.
