Controversial Topic Discussion

Although I was born here in the States and am a citizen, I lived in South Korean by ethnicity and both my parents are immigrants.

Although I know that many might have that stereotypical image of immigrants, but I believe my family defies that stereotype.

After meeting my mother in college and marrying her, my parents had me, then promptly moved back to Korea so my father could take care of his aging parents. A couple years later, my parents decided a better option would be to move my entire family (which now consisted of two children under the age of three, two elderly, and my pregnant mother) back to the States. We lived in Kansas so that my father could teach Aerospace Engineering at Kansas University. Although my mother received her Masters degree in Computer Programming, she stayed home to take care of the growing family.

We were perhaps the only Asian family in our neighborhood. Despite the initial hostility, my mother eventually became our elementary school's PTA (parent teacher association) president and a great influence in her own way.

From my own experience in an "immigrant" family, I am predisposed to say that we can be just as successful and contributing to the community as any other family. However, I also know the issues surrounding illegal immigration and the concerns that immigrants are taking benefits from citizens already long established. Although I can understand their point of view, I can't exactly see it as valid. I believe that many of the jobs illegal immigrants are ones more established citizens would not want to do, anyway. Although it is preferable immigrants come in legally, I don't think stopping immigration or bashing those that came in legally will solve the problem.








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