Response To Edwidge Danticat

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Edwidge Danticat expresses her personal loss of her father relating it to those unfortunate children who's fathers have been taken away by the Department of homeland security. Danticat, reveals the collaboration of immigration and Naturalization services with The Department of Homeland Security in his essay , she brings out the unlawful circumstances both Organization causes. Why would the American government stop deporting noncitizen fathers, they are not the one who is forced to raise their children from a long distance, these unlucky families goes through difficult times raising their children's as single parents, leaving the children fatherless and dealing with abandonment issues, but yet the American Government portrays the perfect family, mother and father brother and sister all …show more content…
I grew up with my father being part of my household and at the age of 20 they took him away from me leaving three children and a wife devastated not knowing what to do next , my father was our source of income and Authority in the house, it was difficult for my mother to raise three kids without their father , As the oldest I took on more responsibility to provide for my family but my brother on the other hand became more aggressive disrespectful and frustrated with the situation, not understanding why our father couldn't stay in the United States if we were born in America. The outcome of our situation has been very difficult because my mother lost her support system which it lead to me stop going to school, try to raise a teenager and a toddler , both of my siblings lost the privilege of getting raised by our