Week7_Annie Tang A01

Annie Tang

A01

Week 7

We can never separate the topic of immigration from American culture. Largely publicizing the “American Dream”, the United States has attracted all those people who wish for a brighter future. Huge sacrifices are made when people all over the world determine to leave their home and seek chances for America. But they immigrate anyway because they hope to find more opportunities and freedom here. However, in the journal by Ackerman and Furman, “The Criminalization of Immigration and the Privatization of the Immigration Detention: Implications for Justice”, I can feel my anger when realizing those private prisons corporations are taking advantages from immigrants, even though I am not involved in the immigration issue. I have to say the United States was tricky in immigration issue as they welcomed and encouraged immigrants at first but later blamed them for all public problems. It is already unfair for immigrants to take over the most basic jobs with least chances getting promoted, and it is even more disappointing and disgusting to make profits on immigrants who come for justice and opportunities in the United States. Do these private prisons corporations feel guilty when they make money based on the pain of hard working immigrants? I can feel cold, rude and disappointed when related it to the social phenomenon nowadays that people seek every chance to make a fortune even it means to destroy other people’s benefits.

Question: How can we elevate the status of immigrants in the United States?

Reference

Rekart. E. (2015) “Detained Without Due Process: Is Indefinite Immigration Detention

Unconstitutional?” harvardcrcl.org. Retrieved from http://harvardcrcl.org/detained-

without-due-process-is-indefinite-immigration-detention-unconstitutional/