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

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.

Kuklin’s book brings readers first hand accounts of young immigrants - many of which were/are undocumented - and their various reasons for coming to the United States. By allowing these individuals to tell their stories in their own voice, the stories they tell are much more personal, much more heartbreaking and imbued with a sense of urgency - especially given current rhetoric and debate regarding immigration.

Each of these stories features young children who choose to leave behind their homes in favor of securing a better future for themselves, one in which they are safe and are granted the same opportunities those of us born in the U.S. are. There is nothing malicious about their intent, and yet we as a nation do not possess enough empathy to make their transition and the granting of these opportunities easier for them, something I hope that the publication and reading of this book and future stories such as this can help to change. At the end of the day we are all human beings, and nothing as arbitrary as geographic location should hinder any group of people’s ability to pursue and build a life in which they are free to be happy and un-oppressed.

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.