Unocumented Immigration Chapter Summary

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Undocumented immigrants enrich our nation with their skills, talents, and culture. Political arguments and law making allow immigrants to stay instead of getting thrown out. Jenny Torres Sanchez Novel, We Are Not From Here agrees with the idea that undocumented immigrants should stay in America. It gives insight on the challenges, hopes, and humanity of undocumented immigrants. Sanchez’s novel highlights the experiences of undocumented immigrants in the United States. To start, undocumented immigrants should be allowed to stay in America because they help provide economic input. Valencia’s Newspaper “The President Should Give Immigrants the Dignity of a Work Permit” supports the idea of undocumented immigrants staying in America and provides …show more content…
The book reveals, “All Dreamers are in the United States because their parents chose to come here from another country. It takes a lot of courage for people to uproot themselves and their family from their homeland and move to a country where they are often unwelcome and unfamiliar with the language, culture, and social norms.”(Sheen). Most undocumented immigrants bring diversity to the U.S. through their cultural traditions. Most immigrants have a fear of being treated differently because of their cultural backgrounds, but what they don’t realize is that their traditions foster a more dynamic society. The majority of undocumented immigrants are “unfamiliar with the language, culture, and social norms” which can lead to challenges and accessing essential services. The more undocumented immigrants coming to America, the less struggles they will encounter because of cultural diversity. Likewise, We Are Not From Here portrays cultural diversity as the main struggle of undocumented immigrants, emphasizing the challenges of cultural diversity through the characters'