Imagine what it take to leave you country to move to a foriegn land because the opportunities there are so much greater than your home. On a local level, I think about it all the time. San Bernardino is not the safest city, public meeting places (third spaces) are few and far between, there are not that many job prospects for a person of any skill set. Yet, I choose to stay here because I want to fight make this city a better place. It would be hard for me to leave
Now imagine again what it takes for someone from Jalisco, Juarez, or even Mexico City to pick up, travel to the border, pay a coyote (someone who smuggles a person across the border), and risk being abandoned or killed in the process.
It is a great sacrifice.
The person might be the sole bread winner in the household. And when they get here the propects aren't that great, but they are greatful because they can send money back home to feed their extended families. In addition, they do jobs that most Americans will not do, no matter how much the Conservatives beg to differ. Most Americans won't last a day in the field of Agriculture, hand picking strawberry, oranges, etc. in the blazing hot sun. But I heard the pay was good, like $11-13hr.
Most of all I am greatful to them for their part in building the Inland Empire.
Full citizenship is a fair price for their sacrifice.
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