Some of immigrants living in the United States are not documented and sometimes this due to no fault of their own. They were brought to this country by well intending relatives and may not have even been aware of their "illegal" immigration status. There are millions of such stories, but one prominent person decided to give them all a voice.
Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer prize winning journalist just recently announced that he is an undocumented alien.
Here is a quote from what he wrote:
“There are believed to be 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. We’re not always who you think we are. Some pick your strawberries or care for your children. Some are in high school or college. And some, it turns out, write news articles you might read. I grew up here. This is my home. Yet even though I think of myself as an American and consider America my country, my country doesn’t think of me as one of its own.”
This remarkable man launched a campaign to respond to the concerns of other illegal immigrants and promote immigration reform in the United States.
His experience is shared by many and if you wish to participate in the "Define American" campaign you can do so through this website:
So what does it mean to be an American? How old do you have to be when arriving here in order to blend in and develop a feeling of belonging?
Does being an American mean that you have to give up your roots? Or maybe there can be a happy, harmonious marriage between cultivating your native traditions, language and also cultivating US traditions?
Think about it and let us know.
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