Non-Fiction Reading Process

   In the article Immigration Obama vs Congress by Patricia Smith, she talks about immigration and about the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. Then she talks about President Barack Obama and Congress having a hard time agreeing on how to make immigration better. She then adds background information on President Barack Obama's plan by telling the reader that children born in the U.S are citizens. Many illegal immigrants were afraid of deportation and it was a risk of many lives to get to the United States.The idea and theme behind this article is the president finding a way for this not to be an issue for immigrants. President Obama's plan helps immigrants who are eligible to work not to be deported after they pass background checks and pay any taxes that they owe.

     The author is trying to say that illegal immigrants fear deportion and Obama has now made it legal for them to stay.If immigrants had kids their kids would be U.S citizens and the author then supports it by saying how Obama's plan changed everything. In response to what I read I feel shocked because most Americans were born in the U.S and have to go through immigrating with their parents for a better life and get chances. I was also surprised by how many immigrants risked their lives to become a U.S citizen and as I kept reading I realized how hard and risky it was being an illegal immigrant. This makes me think about the people from different countries who'd risk their lives just to live freely and have more chances than where they originally came from. I have questions about how and what their country did to make them want to leave? Are the immigrants who's family got deported regretting being in America and not having the rest of their family there with them?