Fabienne Fleurantin/Contributing Writer
We are a nation of immigrants formed by the different cultures and customs of our ancestors. This is how our nation came together, and if this idea is challenged, it would forever redefine the history of America.
I am born from a family of immigrants who craved the pursuit of a better life. They had no idea what to expect, or what would happen to them during their journey. The only truth that was fixated in their minds was finding a place where they could forge a path for a potential future.
They were given the opportunity to make a new home. In that process, they changed the outlook of my circumstances, giving me the chance to live in America and I couldn’t be more grateful for that. Overtime, they got their residency and became citizens of the United States of America.
According to the New York Times, the supreme court is in the process of reviewing the president’s use of executive order and whether he was justified in attempting to create a “plan to protect millions of illegal immigrants from deportation and allow them to work indefinitely in the country legally,” It was “intended to allow as many as five million illegal immigrants who are the parents of citizens or of lawful permanent residents to apply for a program sparing them from deportation and providing them work permits. The program was called Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, or DAPA.”
And while there are conflicted beliefs on whether Obama overstepped his boundaries as President, he approved this action with the right intentions.
The issue of immigration has been a heated topic of debate, often incurring negative reactions from many Americans. “A lot of people think immigrants mean less jobs for Americans; that they are taking our jobs, our lives, and our money, and that’s not really the way it works,” says Venezuelan student Ana Capdevielle.
Americans may feel threatened by the mass influx of immigrants, creating this idea that there will be less jobs available for them, but that is not the case. Many immigrants come here, running from fear of persecution, with no means of income, searching for a healthier environment for themselves, and their families.
In the grand scheme of things, there are multiple benefits of immigrants residing here. They are helping the economy, and in turn, helping America prosper, not only economically, but through the promotion of diversity, a familiar concept to students at FIU.
We live in the heart of a thriving city, crossing paths with multiple ethnicities every day. This is what makes FIU so attractive, being open to numerous nations who unify together as one. Just as Venezuelan student Ana Capdevielle says, immigration is “something positive. You’re adding more stuff to society, and the way I think may be different from you, but if we combine them, then something better can come from both of us.”
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