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We Are Here to Stay: Voices of Undocumented Young Adults

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how do you rate this book? how do you rate someones personal, vulnerable story? This was important. That's all I have to say.

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I don't know what the answer is to... well, everything related to immigration but I know that the system in place is broken. The lengths and dangers that people from other nations have to go through to be able to come into this country is a good example of that broken system.

In an effort not to become overly politically charged while reviewing a book, I will say this, I appreciate the voice to the Dreamers and other undocumented people this title provides. Someone once told me that You cannot hate someone once you've heard their story and gotten to know them. They are just people.

These people, the ones this book expresses, are just people like you and me. I appreciate the re-humanization that this title brings. Though it is sad that is something that needs to happen at all.

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We are here to Stay, by Susan Kuklin is a great compilation of true stories of immigrants that came to the U. S. as children. In this wonderful book you get to read the first hand accounts of why children make the dangerous journey to the United States. Due to the negative, racially charge rhetoric of the U. S. President many people think that being illegal in this country is the same as being a rapist, gang member, or drug trafficking criminal.. In reality many illegal immigrants came to this country with the hopes of being able to have a better education, like in the case of P. Or because they are trying to scape violence like the case of Y. Thanks to the DACA program many teenagers are now getting the opportunity of continuing their education. This book clears many misconceptions not only about kids reasons about emigrating to the United States, but it also help explained the role of DACA in this kids lives.

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