Should Immigrants Stay In America

As the girl sat down at a table in a restaurant and started ordering food, she was asked by the waiter if he could see his papers to see that she is an American citizen or she won't be served his food or be allowed to stay. She felt as it was a joke until he didn’t stop asking for her papers. The girl felt as he was being treated like a criminal, someone who didn’t belong just because she wasn’t white. The crazy thing about the whole situation is that it is true, this did happen to 24 year old Carrillo (Service). The waiter who asked her these questions did get fired, but what if their is more altercations just like this. She was judged just because she was another race, and she’s just not the only one many hispanic people are labeled as immigrants …show more content…
Immigrants who are in the United States deserve to stay here. The government should not be hasty about kicking them out and help them stay in America if the reach a certain requirement. The process would include for immigrants to have a background check, paying taxes, paying a penalty, learning english, and they would have to wait just like other people who want to come into america have to wait. Their shouldn’t be a fight about who is and who isn't allowed to come into the U.S. anymore, anyone should be able to America and feel safe. Deportation needs to end, their shouldn’t be a right or wrong on what race you are if it’s hispanic or muslim, there shouldn’t be argument in this. Immigration is not a bad thing for America either, the economy rises and it adds jobs, over 9 million jobs were made just by immigration. Immigrants already pay taxes and most immigrants are law abiding, America should let those who have lived here remain here, as Bernie Sanders said “It is time to end the discussion of mass deportation. We cannot and we should not even be talking about sweeping up millions of men, women, and children, many of whom have been here for years, and throwing them away.” (Sanders). In today’s society more people would rather have people who have immigrated into America turn into citizens than get deported, it would be …show more content…
The U.S. citizenship test is a test that when someone wants to become a U.S. citizen test contains 100 questions but only 10 of the questions are asked and they have to answer six out of the questions. This would be a great move to legalization in America, there would be barely anyone immigrating into the U.S. and it would be a lot safer for families and quicker than waiting for a green card, papers, and visa. When waiting for papers it could take up to eight months, which if you think about it, is a long time to wait for your legalization, and let's not talk about how long it takes to get a green card. Immigrants who are residents in the U.S. need to show that they have lived in America for more than five years, but if you are married to a U.S. citizen it would take up to three years. In a recent study “31% say they should not. Four-in-ten whites say that the United States should illegally have the chance to apply for citizenship if they meet certain requirements.” (Pew Center for People and the Press.) If they meet certain requirements like have a clean record or have been in the U.S. long enough they should be able to be a citizen and not have to wait the long period of time. As time goes on and if the U.S. decides to do the citizenship test for all immigrants then it would be easier for everyone to come in the U.S. and cause less deportation in