Immigration Blues

March 30, 2008 bonkie02

Of all my years I have been educated I never learned quite how hard it is for people from different countries to immigrate into America and try and live here when everything is basically going against you. During and after reading this i felt sad for the people in this piece. In sucks that Alipio’s wife dies and then you have these two women are about to get deported and are telling their stories to Alipio. Although I was sad through the story I giggled a little when I read that people wanted Alipio to marry Monica so she could stay in the country. I don’t know why but every time I watch TV or hear of someone wanting to marry another person so they can stay in America I just laugh because I think that people should get married because they love each other. Also with the media influencing everything such as clothing and makeup and hair to what we watch on TV, making fun of people marrying each other to stay in the country we just laugh at it because it is absurd. Anyway I did enjoy reading this piece because I thought that it was interesting.