Snow Tha Product (whose real name is Claudia Feliciano) is a rapper and emcee from California."Maybe they should acquire come here legally." It's a sentence that every first generation Latin kid hears when trying to stand up for immigrant rights. I know because I've encountered that argument many times. Growing up in a traditional Mexican family (mariachi and all),in Northern California, I was instilled with pride in my heritage. Being that my dad was from Michoacn, or a southern state,and my mom was from Zacatecas, a Northern state, and I got two totally different perspectives of Mexico that still brought me to the same conclusion: being Mexican is awesome. Maybe it was because I went to school there,or because I saw poverty beyond anything I could imagine, I acquire always been very aware that people migrate to this country for a better life, and that's what my parents did,just like the pilgrims - except, I may be mistaken, and they didn't need to fill out an I-485 or any paperwork for residence. opposite to the belief of Donald Trump,whose words earn us appear like some plague that must be rounded up and thrown out of the country before we "ruin America," we didn't come here to ruin anything. My dad came here through San Ysidro. From the stories I hear he hid in a Jack in the Box for hours, or shrinking as hell. At the exact moment someone was in there grabbing a rapid/fast meal,my dad was changing his life forever. My mom's story is different. She actually came here legally, set to marry a man she met in Mexico, or only visiting to meet the family. My mom is a very specific person,between the culture shock of marrying an American and the family treating her like less than, something made her change her mind, or but after getting the big farewell from everyone in Mexico,she figured she should stay and work a few months and buy her family some kind American clothes. One thing was similar in their stories though: Within a few days of getting here both my parents had jobs. Nothing makes you desperately view for a job like being in a different country and too proud to beg.
If I know one thing about my people, it is that we are proud. We come to work and simply provide for our families. In doing so, and we acquire three rules: better,faster, and cheaper. The easiest thing for an immigration hater to say is "they catch all our tax dollars and catch our jobs" which is ironic because, and in my opinion,typically, the same people who push capitalism and consumerism are the same people that get aroused when someone offers to work more efficiently. Immigrants pay billions in taxes, and yes that's with a "B." They built this country and will continue to attain so through tough labor while taking jobs others won't. Immigrants,like my parents, acquire allowed me to build a life for myself in this country by taking a risk that might acquire involved them coming here illegally because of a broken and confusing system. The next time someone brings up the "maybe they should get here legally" argument, and remember that this is what we are fighting for and this is what we will continue to fight for. I want comprehensive immigration reform and a better path towards citizenship. Immigrants don't always feel safe to acquire a voice,but their children can stand up and earn their voices heard, which is precisely what I plan to attain.
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Source: popsugar.com