feeling uncomfortable.......

is how I felt on Monday in my economic class. Why, well because they started to talk about immigration not only legal but also illegal and as you may all know I am an undocumented student. Well the professor asked by raise of hand who was against illegal immigration and if they could explain why? Well at least 10 people raised their hands and out those ten people only 2 answered the question of why. Their answers were:

• We took away the jobs of Americans (what he meant to actually say after a very wordy explanation is that we lower the wages which then cause the Americans who want to do the job at the right wage not receive because they see it as the employers realizing that they have a bigger profit using illegal aliens labor instead of citizens.)
• That we send way more money than we are supposed to back to our home countries and that at least 80% stated by my professor is being sent to foreign countries and that somehow deflects the American economy. And the person who said this, also stated he hated that fact that they were sending some of their paycheck back home instead of helping improve the American economy

With this said, I felt really uncomfortable because one of the person who does not like illegals was sitting right next to me, I felt fear at first, but then I took a deep breath and finally came to realize that he did not have a clue of my legal status. Then the professor decided that he wanted to do a little questionnaire to see what would be some reason that people would immigrate to other countries from their home land, and I did not participate, because I know exactly for what reasons I would leave my country to immigrate to another. Sometimes I don't like the fact that people just say stuff automatically without really put any thought into their thinking.  I am sad that not many people like us being in the U.S., but when asked if they would do the jobs that immigrants take then they say no because they are of higher class and those are for lower class citizens.

Oh well I just hope that one day there can be a solution to this major problem that the United States is facing. Either this year or in the years to come. :)