Immigration

So during the final weeks of school i thought that any video i watched during a class would be a joke. haha i was wrong, in spanish class we just finished the movie "El Norte" and we also watched a documentary called "Crossing Arizona", both of which were very eye opening. After watching the videos i am split 50-50 on my thoughts of immigration. Illegal immigrants are crossing the border to america in order to have a better life for themselves and their families, and in doing so they are doing the jobs that most americans would not want to do. so for this instance i believe that since they are making the long journey to america and risking life and death to help their family who cant afford barely anything. they should be helped and not deported. and people are helping the immigrants by putting out water and food for them were they normally cross. on the other hand i believe that immigrants have no place to stay in america, first of all they are taking jobs from some americans and getting benefits that most americans dont even have. the immigrants are also leaving many tons of trash where they are crossing and along the way are shooting cattle and just leaving them. this is wrong. i cannot make up my mind where i stand so i will stay in the middle.

Since we have been talking about the flag alot recently something surpirised me during the videos. for one during a protests to stop immigrants from crossing the border many people were carrying the american flag and a couple from washington said they were never patriotic untill they got associated in the protest. So is that what it takes for people to be patriotic?