An Unreachable Dream

One thing that is a very controversial issue is how many immigrants die for taking all kinds of different, dangerous options to get across the border illegally. Most importantly, something that many have not dared to consider is who to blame. Many people have not thought about who the responsible for this problem is; many have not dared to give it that much of importance. According to the article written by Evelyn Nieves, Illegal Immigrant Death-Rate Rises Sharply in Barren Areas, about 52 migrants have died since October 1, and this is only in El Centro sector. A million deaths of both legal and illegal immigrants were reported between October 8 and March 9, along with 265, 000 arrests. The ways these people are dying everyday are inhuman; heatstroke, dehydration, drugs, car-crashes, suffocation, drowning, electrocution, etc.

There are many responsible factors for all this. The main would be the crime rates and violence that's lurking in the immigrants' home country. Another greatly responsible party would be the government in Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, and other Southern countries. These are factors we should worry about because a country with both terrible safety and a horrible government and economic status are a great problem that leads to the other problem of illegal immigration. One thing leads to the other, you see.

The majority of these people try to come to the United States either to work or escape the violence back in their homes, or sometimes even both. They try their hardest to arrive at a better place where opportunities are available, and where they can obtain enough money to sustain their families, which are left behind in their homeland, prone to the danger back there. But the sad truth is that most of the illegal immigrants that try to cross the border don't make it, leaving their beloved families to mourn and forever wonder why their relatives left if they would only die in the way.

The responsible for this pain and suffering should stop causing this. All od the crime and violence that has nestled on their countries should leave for the better, and the government of Mexico and other Southern countries should start acting like what it is; the listeners and helpers of their people. Because the government of Mexico and the rest of those countries from which immigrants escape should worry about their people first than anything else; that's what they for the job for.

Again, the reason why immigrants leave hazardously in the first place is to leave the poverty and danger in their homes. If the government wasn't so selfish and collaborated by providing its people a safe, economic, and healthy place to live in, they could prevent all of this tragedy from happening, because immigrants would live happily and proudly in their countries. They would be satisfied with their homeland, they'd never have to debate whether risking their lives to look for a better life or staying behind to die in poverty and fear.

We should be concerned about these issues because immigrants are people, like us. They have families they love and they leave them behind, suffering every second of the wretched journey to at least try to get somewhere better. They're afraid of danger and the uprising violence, just like us, it's only natural they want a better life.

It's terrible they never make it to the opportunities they're so eagerly seeking and that everything is left much worse, for their effort and pain was all in vain and now the families they wanted to save are all alone. All thanks to those people that call themselves 'the people's gorvernment,' and their fake promises to make their country all better, to make it a satisfactory place for their people.