As the daughter of a Mexican- American citizen, who was only 16 and 19-year-old immigrants that work hard to became American citizen, faced many challenges to come to the United States to give their children a better future, support their families, and have a better life for themselves, just like any other immigrant in the U.S. Even up to this day many people from different countries come to America for a better future. An example would be the people from Afghanistan, leaving their homes because of the war. Another example would be Mexicans leaving their homes because of poverty because they have to help their families, their children to have a better future. Not just Hispanics but people from different countries who immigrated to the U.S are criticized, being called immigrants, dangerous people, terrorists, being stereotyped for our looks, where we come from, or even from the way we speak and dress. The treatment these people have is unfair and disrespectful to them as humans/people, being locked up in cages treating them as animals because “they do not belong in this country”. This social issue has been going on for many years and has gone from building a wall around the U.S so no one would come in, to giving people visas to stay in the U.S to have a career for themselves. Going on a rollercoaster, reaching a point where there are changes being made but also failing to keep promised made by presidents/U.S government. Yet there are still people who are willing to stereotype these people and make them live in fear of going outside. Listening to different people’s stories to watching Tik Tok videos to tv series of people being harassed shows that people need to take stands. Just because they are not from the same country doesn’t mean that they are a different species and just because one person from that country committed a crime doesn’t mean everyone from that country is the same. I would want to know what ways we can show awareness to these immigrants, to let them know that there are people who can help them, that can be who they are and not hide from those who stereotype them.

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