Do you know what ICE is and why they are in Turlock? ICE stands for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is a form of police that are trying to find people who are not in the US legally. A lot of immigrants come to the US from Mexico to find jobs and earn money to take their family back to Mexico so they can have money to pay off rent, food, bills, school etc. This is because in Mexico they don’t get paid as much as we do in the US. Usually in Mexico they get paid about 249 pesos. This may seem like a lot, but it is about $14 dollars almost $15 dollars. If you really think about it, it’s not a lot. With $14 dollars you can’t pay off your house, school, or even buy food that will last you a month. Most people in the U.S get paid way more than $14 dollars.
This is the most common reason why immigrants move to the U.S, a lot of immigrants are scared because people are saying that ICE has apparently been spotted in Turlock. This is starting to scare a lot of immigrants, and they are hiding or not going out to eat, buy food, or even working because they are scared of getting deported by ICE or even ice showing up to their work. In case you didn’t know, Mexicans have started protests everywhere so they can get attention and hopefully make people realize that Donald Trump is not doing any good by sending Mexican immigrants back to Mexico. Really think about it, you think a person that is not Mexican is going to want to work in the field and work as hard as a Mexican? Hopefully if all of us Mexicans can make this protest grow so the president can stop sending ice to deport people.
Mexicans have begun boycotting a lot of stores like Target, Wal-Mart, Ross and even Starbuck because they have openly stated they stand with ICE. Because of this all of these stores are losing money, employees, and even shoppers due to the fact that they support Trump.
For a better insight I decided to ask a few students here at Pitman for their opinions.
Leanna Martinez (senior) – “I believe that by deporting immigrants this will cause a lot of Mexican restaurants to lose money, employees and even customers.”
Ximena Flores Duarte (freshmen) – “I THINK IMMIGRATION IS UNREASONABLE SINCE WE ALL ARE ON STOLEN LAND SO THAT BASICALLY MAKES US ALL IMMIGRANTS.”