Two teenagers, Cesia and Ronald Jr. Soza, were left in Florida with no family after their father was forced to move back to Nicaragua since he wasn't a legal U.S. citizen. They are now living with another family and call their father everyday, but it's just not the same. Many young kids whose parents are deported aren't so lucky, though. Sometimes the kids are simply put up for adoption, never to see their parents again. That doesn't mean that Cesia and Ronald Jr. didn't have difficulties on top of losing their father. They had to get adjusted to a new home, school and environment in general. Any children who lose their parents like this are at risk for having emotional issues in the future. People also worry about what these traumatized kids will think of their government after something like this happening to them. An average of 17 children are placed in state care each day because of immigrant and deportation issues. About 5,100 U.S. children have lost their parents already, and an estimated 15,000 kids are at risk of having that happen to them in the next 5 years. People like Cesia's and Ronald Jr.'s new mother, Sandigo, feel like this is all Obama's fault, and that he lied about wanting to stop deportation from happening anymore. Until this is all sorted out, children and teenagers like Cesia and Ronald Jr. have to figure out whether they want to stay in America where they feel they belong, or move to where their parents are to be a family again.
I had no idea that this kind of thing happened to so many kids every day. It's absolutely horrible. It's not the children's fault that their parents are illegal immigrants, yet they're being majorly punished for it. I can't imagine how hard it would be to come home one day and find out that my parents would have to leave me and I would be moved to another city at another school with new people all around me, not to mention a new family. I respect these teenagers so much for staying so unbelievably optimistic through everything. I just hope that something is really done soon so that children won't be torn away from their parents so often. It's a drastic move, and I think that the kids should at least be able to choose whether to go with their parents or stay in America before their parents are removed. My heart goes out to Cesia, Ronald Jr., and everyone else affected by deportation.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/26/us/immigration-parents-deported-children-left-behind/index.html?hpt=ila_c2
Deportation is the best possible solution for the illegal immigration problem in the United States, but its not even close to perfect. But yea then should make an attempt to keep families together as much as possible.
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