Are My parents going to be Home?

Immigration? A current event that has been a current habit for a very long time going back to the  1960’s. When I think of college students and how they got to where they are now I don't normally think immigration would be a big problem. I had no idea that immigration had such an impact on students. Most students that have gone through immigration are at a higher risk of failing,being absent, and also drop out rates are at a higher level. Students already have enough stress with a huge workload of work on top of possibly having a job and trying to find ways to pay for school as well.

A great way to tell if Immigration affects students is by their attendance and the dropout rates of immigrants. According to UCLA Policy and Political Institutes (Gándara) “Fear of immigration raids in students’ neighborhoods leads to high rates of absenteeism (observed by 58% of survey respondents); children feared their parents would be deported or detained while they attended school.” As well as the dropout rates “ Immigration enforcement increased the probability of repeating a grade by 14% for 6-13 year old children of “unlikely unauthorized immigrants”, and the likelihood of dropping out by 18% for 14-17 year olds.”

Immigration isn’t just a personal student issue but it affects your entire family. As said above students are worried that their parents could get deported while they are at school. As a student myself I already have enough going on in a busy schedule. I don't have the time to worry about whether or not my parents are going to be deported 100-1,000s of miles away from me. Students should be focused on school and doing everything that they can to get the grades they need to graduate and be as efficient as possible while doing so.