An estimated 10.8 million undocumented immigrants live in the United States (Injustice on Our Plates: Immigrant Women in the U.S Food Industry by The Southern Poverty Law Center pg. 460.) Women account for 4 million of illegal immigrants (pg. 460.) As I read Sara and Yazmin’s story I found they had many things in common. Both women had paid smugglers to take them to the United States. The trip across the border can be very dangerous and many illegal immigrants die during the trip.
Sara and Yazmin worked in unsafe environments, long hours, and where paid poverty wages (pg. 460.) They were subjected to physical abuse, sexual abuse, and threats of immigration authorities. Yazmin stated that she lived in consent fear of the authorities and her employer (pg. 459.) Illegal immigrants have to meet next to impossible physical demands and the abusive and cruel treatment from the supervisors without complaint. They cannot complain because they would lose their job and fear of their employer will call the authorities.
Immigration is a hot button topic that sparks many debates. A part of me sympathizes with what immigrants go through to support their families. Illegal immigrants are only trying to achieve what Americans receive just for being born on American soil. They suffer to come and then suffer once they are here (pg. 459.) On the other hand, being a criminal justice major, I disagree with their decision to illegally cross into the United States. This subject will always have conflicted views and I do not see the conditions illegal immigrants suffer from to change.
The article below has a list of pros and cons for illegal immigration.
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