Hi, lovelies! I’ve never posted on Reddit before, but as I have heard, it can come with some great advice which I clearly need. As you guys know, currently in the US in 2025 and the years that will go on, our president, Trump, has decided to kick out immigrants from the United States. I am a first-generation Mexican American in the US, and I have lived here my whole life. My parents wanted to seek better opportunities because their neighborhood was very poor. Here in the US, they’ve done great things, and we own a house, a car, I am currently going to enter my dream private high school, etc. We are doing the best we’ve ever been until… Trump came with his campaign. As a teen, I feel really scared. LA isn’t doing any good, and the violence is getting worse over there. My friend in California is getting bullied being called things like a beaner and ugly. (though she isn’t even an immigrant nor is her parents. its just because her skin is tan and looks relatively Mexican. Anyways, our area hasn’t had ICE get to it, but my family is scared that sooner or later it will. A reminder, this is the FIRST year of trumps campaign and there are so many years to come of who knows what. Immigrants are getting mistreated in the camps and families are getting separated. I’m so scared this could happen to me. A simple solution would be: “just move to mexico,” “just leave and go to your country”. But as a teen, this is so hard for me. I have everything I could possibly wish for! My parents think it’s for the best and had the agents come to see what price we can sell the house for. They are obviously also very upset because my dad’s dream was always to have a house. We bought an old house and we renovated it. We added personalized things that make this house feel like home. How could we possibly go..? In Mexico, we will have to be in a whole different environment, (not that there’s anything wrong with that, its just a whole different environment for me), and I’d have to start everything again. I cant talk about this to anyone besides my family because anyone can just report us to ice and take us away. If ICE did take us, we’d have to go back with nothing. Trump has the right to take all our money and possessions so we should just go with all of it rather thanleave it. As a teen, is there anything i can do? Should we even leave? Is this worth it? Thank you, ill keep you updated soon.
ps. sorry for the lack of corrections and the way it was written, i didn’t edit through it.
AND yes, i am above 13.
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This is so heart-wrenching 🥺💔 Falling into the hands of ICE is worst-case scenario. The way I see it, if you take what you can get and make your own way out, you can live well there and hopefully have the opportunity to come back home later, without having to lose everything. I understand that there are serious hurdles to coming back later, but it’s far better than getting caught while that monster is at the helm.
Your parents understand that it is not a matter of if it will happen but now it’s a matter of when. They, like most of us, including those of us who are white, are having a hard time living in this America that is filled with uncertainty about what is going to happen next. The current direction he is going, unchecked no less, is not going to be good for those of us who care about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Until it corrects, if can or will, the dream is over for people like your folks. And you, unfortunately, are the collateral damage that comes from their vile and hate of people like your folks.
Do your best to make it work, you will be fine. Mexico may have its share of problems but it does not have Trump.