During the Migration week at school I went to the panel discussion about the border policies. 

the panel consisted of five people, two lawyers, to program activist and a police

officer.    The panel discussion was great.  They  were able to give me a lot of

insight about policies going on around us that I have never known before.

    What stood out in my mind the most was what the two lawyers talked about. 

The first speaker, was a lawyer for migrant children.  Children that  have come from thousands of

miles away to find their parents.  It broke my heart thinking about these children risking their lives

to come to America.  She talked about them hopping onto trains and holding on, praying not to fall off. 

And then once reaching America and caught they are treated like criminals.  Not able to see their

parents or grab things from home that will make them feel safe.  These children are kept in prisons

until they are able to talk to a judge that will  ultimately decide their fate.  That must be the most

traumatic experience anyone can endure, and yet these are just children having to deal with it.  I

can't imagine waking up everyday knowing possibly I could be sent back home.  Home which

includes barely the necessities for survival, a survival a child shouldn't have to be put through if I can

be stopped.

      The adults also have quite  a scary story.  The second speakers talks about them being treated

as criminals. She stated that Arizona leases out space in the prison  to Alaska to hold their serial

killers, and to Hawaii to house their child molesters.  It seems a little ridiculous that some illegal

immigrants should have to be surrounded by such horrible people.  They are here to look for a better

life   and instead are treating exactly opposite than what United states was build upon.  Americans

seem to forget that American stand on the legs of the immigrants.  They built this nation and will

continue to help it grow throughout the future.