In the "Lives in Limbo: undocumented and coming of age in America" Gonzalez and Vargas begin by stating that immigrants live in a big disadvantage even though they come to America looking for the "American dream." No matter what age an immigrant might be they are still affected by the different factors just because they are undocumented living in the U.S.
In this essay, Vargas and Gonzalez specifically discuss about immigrants that reside in California. This is one of the places in the U.S. like many other states that is home to many undocumented people. Most of the people that live in the L.A. Metropolitan area in California are undocumented facing difficult challenges there even though this place is made up of mostly immigrants. The authors discuss that one of the biggest disadvantages immigrants have is part of education. The author mentions how undocumented students face hard challenges because they do not receive the same help as other students. Not only do these students don't receive help from school personnel but they also lack help from their families. Usually, undocumented students lack help from their families because parents are forced to work long hours in order to be able to keep their families stable.
Like I previously mentioned, another disadvantage for immigrants is when it comes to jobs. Undocumented people are the ones that are only able to get jobs that require the most labor for less pay than even minimum wage. Jobs take advantage of them knowing that they are undocumented and that they are scared to speak up for their rights. Not only are they required to work hard for long hours, but they are also mistreated and work in dangerous work places.
Just like Vargas and Gonzalez have mentioned in their essay, immigrants that reside in the U.S. do indeed have to live in a struggle in their everyday lives. Over the past years we have seen more and more how immigrants suffer in the U.S. Just last year during the elections was when immigrants were hit the most. President Donald Trump made huge changes that are now affecting undocumented families. Beginning with deportations, lack of healthcare and services for them, and taking undocumented students rights, Trump began to make hurtful decisions towards immigrants. At the moment, DACA students are fighting for their rights that the president is taking away which will hurt their educational careers greatly.
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Will the unfair treatment of undocumented people ever stop in the United States? Or will there come a time when we will have a president that will fight for their rights?
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