Listen to My Dream

“I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

People agreed with this quote from the speech “I Have a Dream” because back then there used to be too much discrimination and segregation towards the African Americans. They just wanted for everyone to be united and live as one whole family. All of them wanted to work together and share ideas.
This quote is important to me because everyone is the same and no one has more power over the other person. We are all humans just have different backgrounds and physical looks. By working as a team we can be able to accomplish our goals and share each others ideas. The African Americans felt very discriminated and were left alone when it came to issues like school, what area to live in, and where to sit. It’s not like they had a virus or an infection that they could pass to the white people by getting close to them.

A Dream Deferred
By Langston Hughes

Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over
like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?


Pausing a Dream
by Brenda Huerta

Does it die
like a flower in winter?
Or does it decay
like an old building?
Does it smell like burned paper?
Or smile
like kids in summer time?

Maybe it holds you down
like going uphill.
Or does it pop like a fire cracker?

This poem describes how a person stops dreaming and doesn’t keep trying to finish it. It's like when your sad and get depressed that you don't feel like doing work and you don't care about what happens in the world anymore. Or when someone gets your hopes down that you don't see the point in doing what you believe in anymore. There's always a reason why you don't go on with your goals. But no matter what happens we should never give up and keep trying to accomplish for what we really want and at the end feel like a ton was just lifted off you.

MOM'S AMERICAN DREAM

I couldn’t interview my dad since he was working but I did get to interview my Mom Maria L. Huerta. At first she couldn’t give me specific answers but as I asked more questions she went into more details. She told me about her American dream and how she planned to accomplish and what she did in order to reach it.

What was your American dream when you got to the United States?
My dream was to earn a lot of money and get a job.

Did you have a specific job that you wanted to work on?
Sewing was what I really liked and still do but if I couldn’t get a job that involved sewing, then I would work on any job that was available.

Did you think that by coming to the U.S you would make your dreams come true?
Actually I didn’t plan to come to the U.S.


Then how did you end setting foot in the U.S?
Your uncle was going to cross the border but didn’t have anybody to come with so he decided to take me.

How did you two manage to get here?
Your uncle and I got to Tijuana and then arrived at San Diego, California. From there we took a plane here to Chicago, Illinois.


When you got here what did you plan to do next as a goal?
I wanted to learn how to speak English.

Did you learn the English language?
Unfortunately I didn’t learn the language because I didn’t had time to study because I was too tired after I got home from work.

What was your first job?
Your uncle got the job for him and me at a factory where we made parts of cars like the windows, rear mirrors, etc.

Besides having a lot of money and having a job, what was another American dream?
I always dreamed of having my own family living in my own house. But not just any house, I wanted to have a residential house in a suburb.

Do you have your own house, job, and money now?
Well you know we’re ok with money now and your dad and I have a job (thank god) but we still don’t have our own house. We could have gotten our house back then because it was easier to get one and cheaper, but your dad didn’t want to and now look at us paying rent!

Are your hopes for completing your dreams still on track or are you giving up on them?
Yes, I still have the idea that one day we will have our dream house and your sister and you have the career you wanted to finally be independent.

Should Undocumented Immigrants Be Allowed To Stay In America?

Not only do immigrants come to have a better future but also to be someone in life. There are artists, singers, politicians, etc. that came here as an immigrants and now are people's role models or want to have a carrer like them. If it weren't for Jerry Yang the most visited website woudln't even exist which today is known as Yahoo! He immigrated from Taiwan and now he ranks to be among The World's Richest People. Other people think immigrants come here to take over their country but in reality they just come here to have a career that will make them earn a good anount of money.
Deporting all of the immigrnats in America will cost about $94 billion. That's not a small amount of money to begin with. The transportations won't be any cheaper either since there are about 12 million immigrants and its $1000 per person. Congress will then be in need to cut back on other program's budget to cover the transportations. If this happens, it will worsen the economy especially since the country is going through a crisis. Immigrants also pay taxes and if they leave they will leave a huge amount of money to be replaced.
In my point of view immigrants should be allowed to stay because they risk their lives trying to cross the border to come here and have a better life and give their children the opportunity to have a career. But now families are being seperated and children are growing up without their parents or their siblings. Not only is this affecting them emotionally but also mentally since they can't concentrate in school. Children are too worried about not seeing their parents again once they get home because their afraid they might get deported. Sure in some cases there is an older brother or sister or relative that can take care of them but what will happen if the olny relatives the kids had were their parents?

Immigration and kids

Not only is the immigrants' deportation affecting the U.S but also its affecting the children. They can't even concentrate at school because they're too scared they won't be able to see their parents once they get home. Why make the prblem of immigration worse than it already is?