Embrace the Journey

          𝓔𝓶𝓫𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓣𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓷𝓮𝔂⛰
  ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇  𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢'𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 

Gloria's Story- excerpt from Essay 1
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 Gloria took a last breath and said goodbye to her mom, grandma, and siblings. As she hugged her mom, the thought of never seeing her alive crossed her mind followed by tears. Gloria’s mom was really sick, she had heart disease. Her sickness was the motive Gloria wanted to leave, she wanted to be able to buy her mom the medicine she needed, and they could not afford at the moment. She thought it was her responsibility as the oldest child to look after her family, even though she was only seventeen at that time. Her grandma kissed her cheek as her siblings, Ramona and Manuel, held Gloria's hand with no idea if they would see her again. Alberto, her boyfriend, loaded the truck and both of them waved a cheerless goodbye. She did not say goodbye to her friends or neighbors, she could not do it. She thought she could not handle seeing any more tears from people she loved. Gloria looked at the mirror one last time to see the reflection of the little town she grew up in, trying so hard not to cry as all her memories flashed in front of her eyes.

  

✻  ✻  ✻  ✻  ✻  ✻  ✻  ✻  ✻  ✻  Chaos at the Border- excerpt from Essay 2

Unfortunately, the current situation at the southern border of the U.S. is very disagreeable, and it has prolonged for decades. On 2001, the organization League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) published the article “Latino Groups Work to Halt Violence on U.S.-Mexican Border”, in which they approach a meeting of Latino groups led by the organization already mentioned to “emphasize the severity of the problems between white vigilante groups and illegal aliens” given that the  “U.S-Mexico border has become a dangerous flashpoint for violence and human rights abuses”.

There is a lack of moral coming from the system at the border, and the particular way it has of dealing with immigrants cannot be justified. The report “Defying U.S.-Sanctioned Violence at the Border” by the photographer Steve Pavey states that in 2016 at one of the U.S. Border Patrol Checkpoints located on Interstate-19 (north of Tubac, Arizona) is “directly responsible for the deaths of more than 3,000 thousand human beings, who are forced to traverse the desert to avoid them.” It might not seem like a big number to the government, it might do; but, the lives of 3,000 thousand families do not forget and will not do. This song makes reference to the injustice and hard times immigrants go through every day and speaks up for those who do not have a voice.






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In times of crisis it is crucial for the unity of communities to give support to those in need, in this case, the undocumented immigrants, and come up with a platform that offers, first, medical resources to those with no health insurance; second, financial and educational resources such as emergency grants; and third, legal resources to provide assistance on workers' rights.

This pandemic has been very shocking for all of us. Many small businesses have been shutting down leaving a lot of employees without a job; mainly undocumented immigrants. We can all agree that immigrants are essential for the economy of this country as they do all the hard work that anybody else does not want to do, and no matter how hard the situation is, they will still do it. Despite the difficult situation of COVID-19, undocumented immigrants do not receive any support from the government since they are not citizens of the United States. Most of them are still working because they cannot afford “staying at home safely,” and they do not have any other way to obtain money to pay for the bills. We understand none of us ever imagined this type of situation where we have to stay at home as much as possible, with no school, no work, no going out, and wearing masks every time we need to go out to be safe. We all are struggling, but for those who came to this country to find a better life opportunity for them and their families, it is not fair to not receive any help all along in this pandemic. Undocumented immigrants have done so much for this country that they should have all the support that anybody else gets. These people, those who have been the pillar of this country, deserve to feel safe as much as everybody else does during this difficult time.