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Enrique's Journey By Sonia Nazario

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poverty.Furthermore, When Lourdes was in Honduras, she was also an object of cheap labour, which hardly fed her children. This system of employment exploits people in poverty for private profit and promotes corruption. Lourdes worked several jobs in the u.s, but none of them were stable. Enrique’s journey through the deadliest of stations were penthouses to the most dangerous criminals in the country. Murderers, gangsters and bandits are labeled criminals whose actions violated the moral code of society; however, interpretation of morality lies in the hands of people in power. Enrique got severe injuries from bandits and organized criminals during his on and off flight on the train. These criminals freely tortured illegal immigrants as result …show more content…

The author presented detailed examination of illegal immigration and clarified most frequently misunderstood aspects of illegal immigration.For instance, the genuine reasons for Enrique’s journey melted the hearts of many motherly readers; it represented an expedition for love, unity and family. Enrique, a little boy scarred from the separation of his mother portrays the urgency of immigration reforms in the nation.Most people tend to label illegal immigrants as rapists, robbers and murders, but in fact, majority of them are innocent kids waiting to meet their mothers. American society was established by immigrants and yet people are ignorant towards immigrants in the nation; they say, immigrants bring crime, but people are blind to the domestic injustices caused by the citizens.Sonia Nazario intrigued readers through Enrique's Journey, exposing the negative factors that contribute to the labeling of immigrants.In addition, the novel highlighted real accounts of Enrique’s story, giving a real picture of the frequent sufferings of illegal immigrants.Humanity and kindness promotes peace in a society, but when humanity declines, it marks the beginning of political chaos.Here, Enrique deserved the right to be with his mother but authorities hindered this unification. If Enrique was able to be with his mom, he would have raised under a loving complete family; Sonia Nazario clearly listed impacts of the separation on

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