The Lion's Pride Volume 9 (January 2018) | Page 36

children will be left unattended should the head of household be
deported, we do share in the fear of what emotional and financial
implications it would cause them. Being a child of a young single
mother, I can attest to the fact that having one parent absent in childhood
can be detrimental to the emotional wellbeing of the child. The same can
be said for those with a parent in the Armed Forces or other occupations
that require long lengths of travel. I also fear that my education would be
compromised should I need to take over the financial responsibility of
the household, trying to make it through the next two years to where I
am able to re-enter the workforce is our ultimate goal. Being the mother
of four young children is hard enough in itself, not considering the fact
that one day my spouse may not return home.
As a couple, we have often discussed what it meant to be a child of
immigrants and what we would do to change the laws if given that
power. Something we have always been curious about is why the United
States grants birthright citizenship, unlike most countries, when it
continues to cause so many unsolved social and legal issues. I have since
learned that the 14 th amendment was made in regards to the end of
slavery, however it could possibly be time to take another look at the
Constitution. History has shown that it isn’t easy to make changes to this
founding document, but amendments had to be made considering the
issues citizens were being affected by at whatever point they were being
considered. Had section I of this amendment been long ago repealed,