It always angers me when i hear people say “Illegals need to
go back to their country.” It also disgusts me when American Christians hold to
this point of view. I'm an American citizen but i am also Mexican. Being
American is a curse because many Americans are full of self entitlement. Many
are full of selfishness and have no regard for any other people but their own.
I grew up with mostly Hispanics and blacks, understanding the struggles of
being poor. I wondered why we didn't have enough to buy what we wanted, only
what was needed for survival. What i went through was nothing compared to what
my family went through. My family grew up in the Mexican version of the hood.
They lived in a time where you had to pay out of pocket for a
hospital to give birth. Parents had to bring their kids into child labor
because they needed more money to support themselves. If their children were
fortunate then they would go to school. Here, you have supplies provided and
free lunch, transportation, etc. In my mom's hometown, you didn't have that.
You had to go to school walking on dirt roads or paying for a public bus
because cars were for the rich. Crowds rushed on the bus and if you got left
behind, no one cared. If you were a girl, older men would take advantage and
grope you (My mom fell victim to that). When you got off, you might had
possible rapists follow you around. The school had no desks, chairs, supplies,
air conditioning, floors, police protection, library, cafeteria etc. You had to
bring your own food and supplies. You had to fend for yourself after that. You
think they'd stand strong for their education? No. At times, gangs came on
campus with pipes, chains, bats, etc. And senselessly beat people for the sake
of it. The police, teachers, students would flee home as the gangs would
declare the place their territory. My mom left because her education was
disrupted. Government would not pay for college because it was for the rich.
It was impossible to find a library and if you did, there was
no checking out books or conditions suitable for learning. Teens as young as 13
married and began life as adults, working in any way they could to make money.
Anything was legal in Mexico as long as you bribed the cops or didn't get
caught. Mexico was full of crimes and you couldn't turn to the cops because 1)
There was no phone that could call them fast enough. Meanwhile, you had to
defend yourself from whatever came your way 2) They were just as criminal as
anyone else. They would demand excessive amounts of money from civilians while
criminals could bribe the cops to do their bidding. 3) They were very
unprepared. Many thieves are experts in stealing. If you so much as blink an
eye, your valuables could be gone. My mom told me that one method of stealing
was to use a knife to slash an opening in someone's purse as valuables fell out
for thieves to loot. In Truth, the police work for the criminals. If a gang
controls an area, the police usually submit to their demands. In Mexico, never
place your hope in cops because they might be the ones who pull up on you and
kidnap you or look the other way when you are the victim of a crime. Any police
chief that seeks to stand up against crime is usually killed by a crime
organization within a short time. Some try to claim that Mexico has the
resources to fix itself as a democracy, but the government is controlled by
criminals. Elections are rigged, so votes are useless. In fact, any politician
seeking to work for the good of the people is bribed to leave or assassinated.
Not even businessmen are safe from crime. There are cases of thieves who take
their families hostage and demand their riches or threaten to end their lives.
Many Americans are ignorant of what illegal immigrants from other countries face. It is time for us to take a stand and realize that we are all humans trying to survive.
