Unjust Thing About Immigration

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The next thing I would like to touch on is the so-called “better life” that these immigrants believe they are coming to when they decide to immigrate to the US. Coming to the US is a huge decision for immigrant families and they expect to make their lives better through coming here. The problem with this is they risk splitting up their families due to deportation and can miss out on living the so-called “American Dream”. I feel that splitting up a family when deporting an illegal immigrant is so completely wrong. On page 38 in the book they mention just how wrong this policy is, “The most unjust thing about immigration policy—especially in the US—is the separation of families, and the criminalization of migrants who only seek a better life,”

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