Immigrants Not Treated Right
Over the course of a year thousands of people from all over Mexico and Central America risk their lives by trying to cross the border. They are in search of a better life with much more opportunities than their own country could offer. Many of them attempting to cross the border do not make it and are apprehended by border patrol. Once they are under custody of border control some of them are put in bad living conditions or in jail. Should looking for a better life be considered a crime? Immigrants once they are caught are put in bad living conditions, not given medical assistance, have no regulations standards.
In 2017 there were 303,916 border apprehensions. Thats a massive amount of people being detained and put behind bars or detention centers. Due to the high volume of people entering the country many of the detention centers are in bad conditions and immigrants are treated poorly. Many people say its justified because they are "criminals". Criminals or not they should not be treated poorly due to their immigration status. Many detention centers lack medical services, religious services, legal services, and library materials. According to many immigrant witnesses, once they are detained they are put in holding cells without beds and basic supplies. For example, a witness whose real name was no shown in the article and went by the name "Anna" was an immigrant from Honduras crossing the Mexican-American border. She states that once she was caught by border patrol she was treated harsihly and put in an "icebox" which is a holding cell. Those holding cells are only meant to hold people for a couple of hours, but her and some other immigrants were held there for days and forced to sleep on the freezing floor.
Labeling immigrants as criminals is not the right term to use for people seeking better opportunities. These people crossing the borders are sometimes put in worse conditions then criminals who are in prison. Some immigrants are put in holding cells with no beds, or basic supplies. Some detention centers are crowded, and people there are labeled by the government as criminals as if they had done something to hurt someone. Crime is being committed everyday by people who seek to cause harm or have malicious intentions. For example, many immigrants who attempt to cross the border come with the mindset of joining the workforce and providing a better living for themselves and their families. Criminals are people who seek to get things by means of force, and harassment, people who harm others, and who disobey the law. Immigrants attempting to cross the border are only looking for a better life and should not carry the term criminals.
In 2017 there were 303,916 border apprehensions. Thats a massive amount of people being detained and put behind bars or detention centers. Due to the high volume of people entering the country many of the detention centers are in bad conditions and immigrants are treated poorly. Many people say its justified because they are "criminals". Criminals or not they should not be treated poorly due to their immigration status. Many detention centers lack medical services, religious services, legal services, and library materials. According to many immigrant witnesses, once they are detained they are put in holding cells without beds and basic supplies. For example, a witness whose real name was no shown in the article and went by the name "Anna" was an immigrant from Honduras crossing the Mexican-American border. She states that once she was caught by border patrol she was treated harsihly and put in an "icebox" which is a holding cell. Those holding cells are only meant to hold people for a couple of hours, but her and some other immigrants were held there for days and forced to sleep on the freezing floor.
Labeling immigrants as criminals is not the right term to use for people seeking better opportunities. These people crossing the borders are sometimes put in worse conditions then criminals who are in prison. Some immigrants are put in holding cells with no beds, or basic supplies. Some detention centers are crowded, and people there are labeled by the government as criminals as if they had done something to hurt someone. Crime is being committed everyday by people who seek to cause harm or have malicious intentions. For example, many immigrants who attempt to cross the border come with the mindset of joining the workforce and providing a better living for themselves and their families. Criminals are people who seek to get things by means of force, and harassment, people who harm others, and who disobey the law. Immigrants attempting to cross the border are only looking for a better life and should not carry the term criminals.
I think you can bolster this post with specifics. You have a setup here that is ripe for examples--and the most important part of the discussion on the humane treatment of immigrants is to show their humanity through stories. It's the way humans tell stories, right? Without those examples, how can you make the discussion tangible for your readers?
ReplyDeleteThis appeared a bit as a longer introduction to the actual dialogue of writing. You made very good points, but many readers would like to see those examples unfolded with data and key resources. Immigration is indeed a serious issue and many are not treated well while detained, however the question of the reliability of your statistics raises a question. For the first line of the second paragraph, you provide statistics, but the website linked does not appear to be a verified source, such as .edu, .org, .gov, for example. Immigration should indeed be handled in a proper manner, especially the fact of detaining individuals. It would be nice to provide key examples, such as a testimony for example, that way readers may have some type of emotional connection to your writing.
ReplyDeleteIt is a shame that anyone not from America wanting a better life could possibly get detained. Of course there are consequences for illegally trying to cross the border and technically they are considered a criminal, but at least they’re doing it for the right reasons. It may not be only for them, but possibly for their family too. I think it’s good that you included the number of border apprehensions in 2017 alone. Hopefully it 2018 it won’t be nearly as much. All these people want is a better life with better opportunities and they can’t obtain if they’re in holding cells.
ReplyDeleteThe beginning of your post stood out to me the most because it's sad that people come to the United States in hope for a better life and get obstacles thrown at them only because they are illegal. Immigrants shouldn't be looked at as criminals. When they decide to come to the United States, there's a purpose behind it. They want a better life. I thought you stated your opinion and I enjoyed reading your post.
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