So to start off with this reflection I personally feel that this was a very personal topic to discuss about. Many people got very defensive and bothered by what others had to say but I mean it was just a discussion so it shouldn’t really mean much. Many people had good points and made good arguments, others just kind of agreed, some of the things that I remember that were brought up at the very beginning were just stories that they knew of either their family members or stories that they’ve heard about. Most people were stuck on the fact that the citizenship process should be easier and it was ridiculous stuff that they ask and many of us don’t even know the answer too. So how do they expect illegal immigrants to know them? In other words some illegal immigrants do wait till the end to do all of this and when they get caught they either say that they were about to apply for the citizenship but it’s too late then. We discussed how long the process took to actually be eligible to apply for a citizenship and I was told by a former family member that has gone through this that you must be a permanent resident for 5 yrs or married to a citizen for 3yrs. That’s a very long time and many people are lucky enough to find someone that’s willing them to marry them in order to help them out but that’s also not the best thing you could do. There’s very ignorant people that get pregnant when knowing that their illegal immigrants and have their baby here in the united states to jus t be able to call their babies Americans and themselves but they don’t seem to understand that they will still be deported. Overall as I said in the beginning this probably wasn’t the best topic to speak about, it just felt too personal and it was based on a certain race and some didn’t enjoy this. People weren’t sure what they could or couldn’t say because of how others would respond.
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