Chapter 10

" 'Please, miss,' she begins. 'I understand that you're just doing your job. But there is a larger issue here. My uncle being held like this, it's a violation of the civil liberties-'

'Honey, your uncle don't even have his paper right. What kind of liberties you think he has?' " page 85

I thought that that lady was very mean. I think that the reason why most people come to this country, is because they think they'll have a better life here. It must be tough though, because they have to go through all the paper work, and sometimes don't even get that far because they get thrown to jail. Other times, they're afraid to fix their paper stuff because they waited too long, and their current paper stuff is no longer valid. I think that this whole situation in which ALL of Nadiras' family is in is very sad. They want to stay in this country to live a better life, but those immigration officers make it so difficult for them.