Myth About Illegal Immigration

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Ayala, 1 Francisco Ayala Karen C. Cox 04/29/13 Eng 1 A, 11-12 p.m. Undocumented students The Book Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America by Helen Thorpe tells the story of four senior high school students whose parents entered the United States illegally from Mexico. Yadira, Marisela, Clara and Elissa have lived in the United States for the majority of their lives. Each girl is bright, ambitious and dreams of a college education, a professional career and a successful life. All four girls are excellent students, taking AP classes and passing with straight A's. Academically they all have the ability to go on to college, unfortunately only two of them have the required legal documentation. This situation is not unique to these two undocumented girls. All undocumented students that live in the United States face a variety of similar challenges in order to get an education. There are many reasons undocumented students struggle with education because they encounter various barriers that don’t allow them to succeed in college or sometimes it prevents them from reaching higher education simply because they don’t possess a legitimate social security number. Of the four girls in the story Clara and Elissa somehow managed to obtain a real social security number, but Marisela and Yadiara are good examples as to why undocumented students have to go through many challenges and unequally opportunities only to achieve their college dream. Ayala, 2 The majority of undocumented students are brought to the United States as child by their parents or relatives without the child’s authorization. Illegal parents are not to blame for the poverty that is happening in their country and many decide to migrate with their families to the United States to seek a better life for their children. According to the New

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