Most citizens of the United States have lived here for, if not the entirety, most of their lives. The same goes for some people that are not citizens. With the way our government is working today, these people are being deported and sent away from the people they love. For those that have lived here for the majority of their lives, they are also being sent away from all they have ever known.
Take Jorge Garcia for example. USA Today wrote a story about the man that was deported after spending 30 years in America. Garcia was brought to America at the age of 10. Now he has a wife and two children in Lincoln Park, Michigan, all of whom are citizens of the U.S. This man has no criminal record, has never even had a parking ticket, and pays his taxes every year. Not only was he to be deported back to Mexico, but he was escorted through the Detroit airport by government agents, while supporters rallied with signs reading, “Stop separating families.”
We all hear the horrid stories of families that get torn apart by deportation and see the tears streaming down the faces of loved ones as they say their goodbyes. It does not get real until it’s someone you know and care about. Especially as college students, we almost all know at least one person, if not more, that is not from America. Imagine what it would be like for that person to be sent away to another country against their will? Especially if that person has spent most of his or her life in the United States and does not really know or remember much about where they are being sent.
Wasn’t our great nation built on immigration and the influx of people from other countries looking for a new, better life in the U.S.? How would our “great” Mr. President feel if his wife was taken away from him to a whole new country, scared, sad, and alone? Maybe think about the people of America before making rash decisions without any concern for the effects they will have on people’s lives.