Rough Draft for final paper.

Immigration 


There are those who think that leaving their country is a betrayal to their country. Is it a betrayal to leave your country and try to live outside it for a better life? I live in Palestine and I know what kind of life it is here in Palestine. The reason my family and I moved to the states was because my parents were hoping to be able to work and provide for us and they were hoping we would acquire a better education than what they have received here in Palestine. However, this is not the only reason why many choose to leave Palestine. 
My classmates and I have been to Bait Battier and Tormsayya. Both of these places are so beautiful and full of nature. The huge mountains, the farmers with their goats, the tall green grass, the smell of oregano palpable in the air. The big beautiful houses. Why would anyone want to leave something that sounds so wonderful? Well, some just don’t have any say in the matter. For some of these people, they do not have the Israeli passport. To be able to stay here in Palestine, one has to have this or they would have to keep leaving Palestine to renew their visas. For some that is just no way to live their life, so they just decided to leave Palestine and live their life in America. They would have to apply for it and if you’re lucky, you will get it and be able to live in Palestine.
While I was in Tormsayya we talked to a man that said 80% of its inhabitants have left to America. When I visited Tormsayya, I loved it with all the mountains and the green grass. It was a wonderful sight and when he said this. I could not believe that so many people would leave a beautiful place like that. I guess one of the reasons for this might be because of their passports or even education for children. Another reason could be because they feel imprisoned in their own homes. A lot of Palestinians are not able to go to Jerusalem to pray in Al-Aqsa. They can’t even go to shop or anything like that. 

Some even face the problem of where to live. I read in an article called Spaces of Suspension about a man named Salim Shawamre. He used to live Om Alshagaf but it was destroyed by the Israelis, forcing him to move to Anata. Salim tried to acquire a permit in order to live there but all four times the Israelis destroyed his home four times.
I think these are the major reasons for someone to move from their beloved homelands. No matter how wonderful and beautiful it is like in Tormosayya and Bait Battier, people can not lived imprisoned in their own homeland. Some can’t even go to work without fearing for their lives. Some would have to go a much longer route than is necessary with all the walls and checkpoints that Israeli soldiers have.
I wish, and I’m sure many Palestinians wish, that we could live here without all these problems that they face every single day but until then, many feel that immigration is the answer to all their problems.