23 Years...

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Got bad/good news today about my brother. I wish him well and I wish for his kids to be able to have a father who is happy and who loves them like they did one day. I know it’s easy to judge and talk about how people should not immigrate illegally or go back to their countries but until you’re in that situation, you will never know what that decision is like. I think about my brother now more than ever if only because being back in Mexico brings back so many memories of us as children. And I wonder if our family will ever know happiness again. I can’t help but feel angry at the life we were given and the suffering that made my brother this way. I wish so much that brother hadn’t suffered all that he did so that today he could enjoy his kids and his wife. It is the innocent children who must suffer the choices of the adults. Brother, sister and I didn’t choose this life, it was chosen for us and for the most part it has been us who have suffered the consequences of those choices. Republicans must not know what it is like to suffer and loosing the last election doesn’t count. I hear them and others all the time criticizing and judging. Like any country I know it needs to protect its borders and its citizens I just wonder if it has to be at the expense of the less fortunate.

About the author:

Fatima was brought to the U.S. by her family at a young age and has resided in the United States since. She writes about the struggles of being an immigrant and the immigration system in the U.S. and her home country, Mexico. Recently she was sent back to Mexico after 23 years and is now blogging about her experience being in a 'foreign' country as an adult. Leaving a family and a husband back in the U.S. her struggles are chronicled through this blog in an effort to teach others about the difficulty of being 'homeless'.

1 comment:

KelseyAugust 17, 2011 at 10:28 PM
I've just been turned onto your blog from Facebook. I'm crying because I feel I am feeling all the pain of all the immigrants and their families out there that are being treated so unjustly. I am a wife of an immigrant and spent over a year in El Salvador with my husband while going through the immigration process. I'm praying for you and your family as I know it's not easy what you are going through. And I thank you for having this blog! You may already know about this website, but if you dont, check out www.immigrate2us.net :)