Journal Write: Immigration

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Today we start taking a look at immigration and immigration issues in America. Because of our location, as a border state with Mexico, I would hazard a guess that many of us know at least one person who has immigrated to the United States, legal or not. As we move through this topic, we will often look at the stories of people who have fought to come here, to the country and the life we often take advantage of.

For your journal write today, I want you to think about the people you know who have immigrated, or tried to, to the United States. What do you know of their story? Are they legal? What do you know of the process to becoming a legal immigrant? What is life like for someone who is in the country illegally?

If you don’t know someone who is an immigrant, write about what you think it would be like to come into a new country and try to start a new life. What would motivate a person to leave the country of their birth? What kind of impact has immigration had on the US, both in the past and now, as part of current events? Is it a positive one? Is it negative?