Immigration 101: a new point of view

One aspect that i liked about the articles especially "crossing borders" was that as much as i've heard about how much immigration is "affecting Americans", we've never seen it from the immigrants point of view. I loved in Esperanza Borboa's personal account, when talking about the illegal immigrants she was working with, said "working and getting to know these men and women, I was learning what they were willing to risk and suffer just for the opportunity to work and provide for themselves and their children, something they couldn't do in their home countries." This brings to light the suffering these people are doing that we as Americans just simply ignore. Esperanza's personal account made me even more sympathetic to those who come to America looking for a fresh start. Whether they are brought in because of "push" or "pull" factors as discussed on page 128. I must say this reading, beyond the new knowledge I gained, softened my heart for immigrants. Like i've always said, there are always two sides to any story. This is the first time, as much as i have been exposed to the issue of immigration, i saw the story from the other side.