Immigration

Our new project is about the US/Mexico border and our topic question for today is "Why do people immigrate?". But since I'm not Mexican or ever crossed the border, I can't really tell you why Mexicans cross the border. However, both of my parents came to the US from the Philippines.

My parents took a 20-hour flight to come here from their hometown, the capital of the Philippines, Manila. When I asked my mom why she immigrated she said, "My parents wanted us to have the opportunity to have a good future so they sent us over them first, then the ones under eighteen, then the older ones." Here in the US there's a lot of career options rather than in the Philippines where it's poor.

I think in a way that the people who immigrated from Mexico also have some of the same reasons that my mom had. Other reasons someone might immigrate from their homeland is because they might want to get away because they really don't like it. Like maybe their environment is bad or there's a lot of wars and fights. Or maybe they just think for example that the US is better just because it's bigger or healthier. Those kinds of reasons are like the saying "The grass is greener on the other side", and maybe some people just think that even though it might not be.