Argumentative Essay On Immigrant Rights

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Immigrant Rights My family and I migrated from Mexico in 2004. At the time, I was only five years old and I did not know what type of things I was going to encounter in the United States. I was just excited to see the famous white solid my dad always mentioned that would fall from the sky in the winter, covering the earth with its feather-like texture. I was excited for that and to finally be with my dad forever, after five years of not living with him. I know my mom was looking forward even more to being with him; after all, they had not lived together in 18 years. I left family, friends, and my country behind, not knowing when I would return. …show more content…
For the same reason of their legal status, it is hard for people without a legal working permit to get many jobs. As stated in The Washington Post, Pamela Constable, “undocumented workers hold more white-collar jobs and fewer blue-collar jobs today than they did before the national recession of 2007-2009, but most remain concentrated in lower-skilled, lower-paying jobs, much more so than U.S-born worker.” This comes to prove that undocumented workers do not “steal jobs” from American citizens. In fact, undocumented immigrants have jobs in America that most people who have a legal working permit don’t …show more content…
Laws to protect their rights should be put in place. Undocumented immigrants should have laws that give them the right to vote, get a working/driving license, and the right to obtain a higher level of education than just high school, and community college, and laws to protect them from being deported and separated from their American born children. After all, they live in the country and help its economy along with more things. The least they deserve are rights to live freely. Also, people who are going through the legal process to obtaining a permanent residency should have rights given to them and being protected by