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Melanie Flores Professor Gina Rho ENG 111 26 February 2018 Say No To Deportation Over the years illegal immigration and deportation has been a big issue in the United States. People from all over the world come to the United States in look of a better life and to provide for themselves and others. Some of these illegal immigrants are mistreated or taken advantage of just because they are not citizens of this country. Mistreating immigrants for coming from a foreign land in better hopes of a future is cruel and should be taken seriously. In Diane Guerrero’s Article, “My Parents Were Deported” she talks about how her parents were deported back to Colombia. Guerrero states, “ Except in cases of serious crime, separating families through deportation (or incarceration) is wrong and does more harm than good to American society”(Guerrero ). Deportation is seen as a negative factor in today’s society and can have a great affect on families and the economy. Immigration and deportation started in the 19th century and is still happening today. Deportation can affect communities of people who have gone through the turmoil of deportation of a loved one. This can cause communities to be afraid of speaking out as well as going out in to public, afraid that they will be next to get deported. They live in constant fear that a loved one will be deported and never seen again. Coming to the U.S. illegally does have a lot of troubles but it is done to have a better opportunity, which in the end is what people are coming here for. Most people that are being deported are not criminals but in fact are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers. People do not realize that this can have a huge impact on families, especially children

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that are left without anywhere to go. In some communities, there are plenty of people that have a fear of stepping out of their own door because they may have a chance of being deported. In some cases, people are met with deportation knocking on their front door by government officials. In the Hispanic community this is very common. In the article “Mass Deportations and the Future of Latino Partisanship” written by Chris Zepeda-Millán states, “The long-term political implications of mass deportations remain unclear. These policies mainly affect Latinos, who make up around 80 percent of undocumented residents but over 95 percent of deportees”(Millan 540). In the Hispanic/Latino community there are plenty of people that come from Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and plenty of other latin countries. Hispanics come to this country mostly because their home country is a developing country, where people have lower life expectancy, less education and literacy rate, have less money (income), and women have higher fertility rate and pregnancy. With this being said deportation can cause amounts for damage to communities like the Hispanic/ Latino community but it can also cause separation of families. Although deportation affects communities, it also separates families which is something very negative in the U.S. Families come to this country to pursue their dreams and to find a way to provide for their family. People that are being deported have to go back to a country that is nothing compared to the U.S. For example, many people grow up in this country and if they end up being deported they lose everything they have in this country, they have to start their lives over without family, income, no home to live in, and without support. Most likely their country is a developing country meaning, it does not have the same resources the U.S. has. Deportations leave citizen children behind and put these children in foster care. Both children and parents live through the fear of being seperated one day. Children fear that they will be left devastated with no parents to support them and raise them. Most of these children live in a household where

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either one parent is undocumented or both parents are undocumented. If families are being separated there are plenty of negative outcomes. In the article, “The Children Left Behind: The Impact of Parental Deportation on Mental Health” written by Brian Allen, Erica Cisneros, and Alexandra Tellez state, “In 2011, nearly 400,000 individuals were deported from the United States (Immigration and Customs Enforcement 2011) estimate that over 100,000 children, the vast majority of whom were American citizens, had a parent deported between 1997 and 2007” (386). There are large numbers of deportation of parents who have children that are American citizens and have to leave them behind. Allen, Cisneros, and Tellez also state, “The studies that do exist tend to point to the same conclusion: parental deportation causes increased emotional and behavioral distress among children, including sleep problems, depression, anxiety, and poorer grades”(386-387). Children that have parents that are deported tend to get diagnosed with depression and get emotionally unstable. Children that are left behind and are put in foster care will not have a father or mother figure in their life to teach them and raise them to prosper in life. Family separation can also cause bad behavior and bad choices. For example, there can be drug abuse and school dropouts to cope with the fact that they don’t have a certain family member in their life anymore. If immigrants are being deported, most immigrants are farm workers, these farm workers are losing their jobs and americans don’t want to work these farm working jobs. With the deportation of many immigrants a day and the separation of families, we have to think about the economy. The economy is something very important to citizens. The economy is what makes the United States. For example, many hispanic immigrants are farm workers, construction workers, or work in factories. If the government deports these immigrants there will be an economic downfall because citizens do not want to work these labor jobs. If we lose these workers there will be nobody to grow fresh produce and the prices for fresh produce will rise due

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to the extra amount of labor farmers will need. Many of these farm workers are paid less than minimum wage and work over 8 hours a day. Having to hire people to replace the immigrants whom are deported will increase pay and decrease labor that is lost. Many do not realize most fresh produce is picked by immigrants who work very hard to provide for their families. Not only do immigrants farm work but they are in the construction industry. In the article, “Recession and the Risks of Illegality: Governing the Undocumented in the United States” written by Eric Boehme states, “The Great Recession also decimated industries where immigrants (particularly the undocumented) were disproportionately employed. Jobs in construction, hotel, restaurant, light manufacturing, and office cleaning services were shed at a much higher rate than jobs in agriculture and energy production. Job losses and the unemployment rate for all immigrants during this downturn were much higher than for native-born workers. Fifty-four percent of the total job losses for all Latino workers occurred in the construction industry. Following the recession and the housing crisis, with little new construction, labor market opportunities closed and unemployment in construction shot up to 22%” (Boehme). The unemployment rate went up mostly in the construction occupation area. The unemployment rate went up because of the deportation of many immigrants. If these immigrants continue to be deported there will be an economic downfall. The economy will start to hire people for more money and less hours because that is what citizens will want if they work a labor job instead of an office job. If the economy does not hire people for these jobs, the economy will start to lose money. Although, many will say that deportation is a good thing for the U.S. For example, some citizens of the U.S. will think that immigrants are taking their jobs away from them. Now, President Donald Trump has a immigration plan that will deport millions of undocumented individuals in the U.S. Trump believes it will make America great again. According to the article,

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“President Donald J. Trump Wants Immigration That Makes America Stronger and Safer” written by Government Officials state, “Immigration reform will benefit struggling american communities: Merit-based immigration reform will benefit American workers and relieve the strain imposed by our current system on Federal resources” (Gov. Officials). Trump believes if he deports all of these undocumented immigrants then Americans will be able to get more jobs. Deportation will be beneficial for Americans that are struggling. Although, deportation is wrong and can affect many lives. Deportation is a negative issue in the United States. There are plenty of negative outcomes when it does come down to deportation. For example, a damage to communities, separation of families, and an economic downturn. Deportation can harm communities in a way that families will be separated and people will fear going outside. The separation of a family can put a child’s life at risk in many ways. Children need their parents to raise them to succeed in life. With the absence of parents, children can dropout of school, become emotionally unstable, do large amounts of drugs, and stay in foster care. The last thing that American citizens want is to see children struggle in life. With the absence of these immigrants that help America and the economy, there will be an economic downturn. Immigrants come to America for hope of better opportunity. Immigrants work in farms, factories, landscaping, construction, and plenty of other labor jobs. Without these people, the economy will have to find people that want to work these labored jobs. Citizens should take action and put an end to deportation. Work Cited

Allen, Brian1, [email protected], et al. "The Children Left Behind: The Impact of Parental Deportation on Mental Health." Journal of Child & Family Studies, vol. 24, no.

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2, Feb. 2015, pp. 386-392. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1007/s10826-013-9848-5. 10 February 2018.

Boehme, Eric. "Recession and the Risks of Illegality: Governing the Undocumented in the United States." New Political Science, vol. 33, no. 4, Dec. 2011, pp. 541-554. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/07393148.2011.619824. 10 February 2018.

Officials , Government. “President Donald J. Trump Wants Immigration That Makes America Stronger and Safer.” The White House, The United States Government, 30 Jan. 2018, www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-wants-immigrationmakes-america-stronger-safer/. 13 May 2018.

Street, Alex1, et al. "Mass Deportations and the Future of Latino Partisanship." Social Science Quarterly (Wiley-Blackwell), vol. 96, no. 2, June 2015, pp. 540-552. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/ssqu.12158. 10 February 2018.

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