Alabama just put a new immigration law into effect allowing
officials to check the statuses of students in public schools and the police
the power to determine if someone is illegally in the country. This law affects
those who want a better life from the place they were originally from. Similar
to Celia, she wanted to get away from Aztlan because she was poor and life was
hard in Aztlan. People who want to get away from their hometown are probably
thinking the same way; if they get to another country maybe they can restart
and achieve new things. As for Celia, she asked the “Coyote” for help to cross
the boarder to achieve a new life, but once the Farm Patrol catches them
everything gets hard; similar to the Illegal Immigrants that are living in
reality.
Knowing that this law has come to effect, there’s obviously
a reason as to why it’s even made. Well, those who illegally immigrate to other
countries have made life harder for those who fund for medical services with
their taxes. Also, the immigrants want to help their families back in their
hometown, so they probably want any job that gives them enough for a living.
This benefits businesses that receive cheap labor and don’t have to pay taxes.
Moreover, America loses money from the taxes that businesses don’t pay.
For those living in Alabama, it’s obviously going to affect
them as well. As I said some examples before, there are obviously there are
going to be pro’s and con’s to this law. For example, Farmer Keith Smith needs
20 pickers to cover his 200 acres on his farm. But because of this new law
people are scared and ran away. Now this definitely affects him because now he
has no one to pick his crops.
I conclude that because of the disadvantage that America
gets, they decided that there has to be a law that stops Illegal Immigrants.
There are pro’s and con’s to this, but obviously the country is going to make
sure that they aren’t losing money but instead gaining money.
hey karen! i thought that it was really good that you included a real life comparison to the issues in the book, despite the fact that this book is fictional.
ReplyDeletei believe that having these rules in a country with a large economy, the US, will be beneficial to the wellbeing of the country overall. this will help them to gain money as opposed to losing money from these illegal immigrants.
Your blog post is really insightful, I like how you really explored both sides to the story. There are pros and cons to both sides and personally I think it is important to have a balance. Also (as you said) some people seem to forget that these rules not only effect the immigrants, they effect all the citizens.
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