Christina Blackman

Immigration has been a topic of discussion for a very long time it’s also been a prevalent topic in the 2016 presidential elections. Non-immigrants are faced with racial and social discrimination each and everyday. They are denied certain privileges and rights which makes it rather difficult for them to sustain a good quality in life, just like African- Americans non-immigrants are on constant police and governmental surveillance many hispanics are incarcerated and are given long sentences. Society at times do cauterized latinos into a category as incompetent citizens. It was not too long ago GOP candidate Donald Trump made a comment about hispanic and stating that all Mexicans are thugs, rapist and violent criminals. I believe that non-immigrants need to have the same rights and privileges as everybody and should also be treated in the same regard. I also believe that government needs to be a little more supportive of people of different decent and ensure that they get the same respect and rights as anyone who is living in the United States of America. In the poem entitled “ Refugee Ship” by Lorena Dee Cervantes a child talks about her language barrier and how difficult it was for her to understand English she also states that she feels like a captive because of her inability to speak english she also describes her facial features as a resemblance of her Chicano heritage. In the second poem entitled”Elena” by Pat Mora the writer talks about her challenges and her inability to speak english she compare and contrast life in Mexico and life in America and how she is scared that her children may laugh at her because of her inability to speak the same language as them. In conclusion, I believe that every person should be treated with the same dignity and respect as anyone else. I believe that in today’s world Hispanic do go through a lot of