Homework 9/16

I read an article about U-Visas which help immigrants stay in the United States legally. Immigrants can stay in the U.S for about four years. While there stay here they can try to fix there papers and become residents. In those four years if nothing happens they must go back to their country. If an immigrant came to the U.S illegally and were abused and have proof they may be allowed to stay a longer time. If an immigrant is being abused in any way and they report it to the police they won't be deported. No application for the U-visa is complete without a certificate from federal, state or local law enforcement, a prosecutor or a judge, attesting to the applicant's cooperation with a criminal investigation. There are a lot of cases in which immigrants don't get deported if they report a crime like Jose Suarez, a 38 year old illegal immigrant from El Salvador who was beaten in a robbery and who helped convict his attacker. I think the U visas are a good idea because immigrants can come to the United States to work and see how the life is here. I don't think immigrants are criminals because many come here to work. I agree with this article because many people come to the U.S to work and make a better living for there family like my parents. If they would have been deported I myself would have been an immigrant. Now my parents are legal residents because they have been living here for many years.