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In my opinion, generalizing immigrants as one class of people is sort of like generalizing <br />Americans. It is an impossible thing to do. However, it appears that knowing English and having <br />a good education make a difference in how immigrants succeed in America. For example, my <br />sister's doctor is a 1ega1 immigrant from South Africa, and extremely we11 educated. My friend's <br />dad is another example. He is an educated engineer, and he 1ega11y emigrated from Sweden. <br />These two people have great jobs, and know perfectEnglish. Then there are the people who are <br />1ega1 immigrants that barely know how to speak English. They appear to be 1ow income and most <br />1ikely str�.iggle in their new homeland. All three examples are of 1ega1 immigrants and yet their <br />view of America is probably much different. <br />The biggest human rights issue today in America, is the act of illegal immigration. I <br />believe that human's have a right to live wherever they want to on Earth, but everything has to be <br />1ega1 and laws should be enforced. A current controversy in Congress right now is an idea that <br />the �.S should a11ow illegal immigrants live here, and require them to pay our taxes. I think that <br />this is extremely unfair to those who wait years to come here, but now they can not, because some <br />people are illegally rnnning across the border. Il1ega1 immigrants should not be any exception to <br />consequences of brea�i�g our laws. <br />Imagine the life of �:.zi�, a girl who struggles her days in Bangladesh. Because �3r� has to <br />take care of her brother's and sister's, she has no education. She has tried to apply for a visa, but <br />the American Embassy te11s Rit�.� that because of the amount of room in America, It wi11 be at <br />least � years before she could get in. Now, imagine a poor family living in Mexico. They have no <br />job, a chance for an education, or money. Surviving is a stctiggle, and as they look at Texas on the <br />other side of the river, they imagine a better 1ife. The family knows that applying for a visa could <br />be impossible, so they sneak into America illegally. <br />Because millions of illegal immigrants are taking up space, the people who are waiting in <br />line to get into America for years have a slim chance. That's what I believe to be the biggest <br />issue. <br />