Families seperated then Reunited.

In this article it is brought up what to do with children who have crossed the border and where they live in the US.  Many people at the head of their state say that many locations in their state wouldn't  welcome to the immigrants. This raises many questions of where these migrants should live if they are granted to live in this area or be treated differently. Many things to consider is whether or not a school has the space to teach new immigrants or if there are enough places for immigrants to live within an area. While this problem was not faced in The Distance Between Us it still has an effect due to the fact that within the book it is mentioned Reyna's school was in fact a large school to handle a capacity of new immigrants. This has put a new perception on immigration on me as a person who did not look to deep into the subject which, I did not posses before.  I believe that there is a problem with this and it should be dealt with as soon as possible. I did not know of this before but I now understand what is going on as families are finally reunited on our side of the border but are always facing new troubles coming into our country.

Young adults crossing multiple times for a better life

This article was showing the extreme increase in the number of young adults trying to cross the border illegally to get into the United States. Most of these young adults are on their second or higher number of tries to unsuccessfully cross the US border. This article shows how far one man will go to get out of their current living situation. Due to poverty and poor living conditions and to reunite themselves with their family. This has shown me how much I don't know and how much more I should care about what is happening at the border then what I knew already. This connects perfectly to The Distance Between Us due to the fact that this shows that many families have the same situation as the Grande's did at Reyna's young age. Many of these children have dreams that are considered a standard in our country like learning English and graduating high school. This has showed me that many children do not get the opportunities that the majority of Americans do. Many children live illegally in the U.S just like the Grande's, hoping to get a good education so that they can live a better life than the one they would be living if the stayed at their previous home in Mexico or other Central American countries. I believe that we should be accepting to these dreams before we so quickly deport these people who are looking for a better life.

CNN Reports Immigration

Immigration legal or illegal is one of the nations biggest problems.  Our country has over twelve million illegal immigrants in this country.  Twelve million people looking for that better life that they may never find because of our crashing economy.  People come in and taking advantage of how our country works.  For instance if you get hurt or need medical assistance you are taken in to hospitals without any background check about where you re from or what your finance standings are.  The victims of an accident are able to receive free treatment before they are charged for something they cant afford.  In the distance between us I believe that the father doesn't have the money at the time to pay for Carlos's leg so he waited till the next day to find the money to take him in to the doctors worrying that he could be thrown into financial issues he waited till he knew he had the funds to pay for Carlos's leg.

Number of unaccompanied minors crossing into U.S. tops 60,000

This artifact was an article that revels that the number of people that have crossed the US border has rose enormously to around 60,000. This article shocked me to the fact I did not know that that many minors without an adult  would be apart of  the tens of thousands of  people trying to cross the border illegally. This article also raises the question: Would the Grande children from The Distance Between Us have made it to the U.S. if they were alone? I know that I would probably not be able to deal with the troubles of crossing the border illegally alone. I have been thoroughly surprised at the number of minors trying to reunite themselves with their family. It shows the amazing luck and triumph the Grande's were lucky enough to experienced. Myself have decided that anybody wiling to go to the great lengths as to crossing the border really desires to have a better life in the U.S. This is shown in this article on how the number of young migrants has almost doubled in two years. This has greatly changed my point of view on immigration.

Studies Shows the risks and the rewards through crossing the border

Now that I have looked deeper and deeper into immigration I have a better understanding why people would risk their lives to cross borders.  People cross the American/Mexican border for one of three reasons; 1 is to smuggle illegal items into The USA, two is to get a better job or just live a safer life, and lastly they come to bring their family into a world where they think that everything is easy with or healthcare and all the perks our country offers compared to Mexico.  The whole idea about people risking everything to have a better life makes me feel like I have a great life here and makes me want to show people that they don't have it as bad as people trying to make something out of nothing.  In the book The Distance Between Us the father and the mother risk it all crossing the border illegally to start a new life which I cant imagine doing coming from what my family has.  The family in the end risk it all to come for a better life to see that where they live is actually not better it is just the same, and how the perfect life they thought they would have went to shit because of how their father treated them and how the place they lived treated them.