Enrique, a father who left his family behind to immigrate to the United States, regrettably contemplates his decision.

For example, in the reading “The Heartache of an Immigrant Family”, by Sonia Nazario, she narrates the traumatizing event of immigration tearing families apart and its outcome. Most families who immigrate to a new country will not be guaranteed to settle due to legal reasons. Undoubtedly, immigration can divide families apart. Immigration creates further separation from loved ones, does not guarantee success in society, and conflicts with the individual’s cultural identity. I think these examples illustrate the consequences of immigration and do not outweigh the benefits for immigrant families. Furthermore, Reyna is distant from her homeland, where the culture and traditions she valued has diminished. Although Reyna was living with her father and slightly far from her mother, there was still an irreversible gap between the family, both physically and emotionally. As a result, Mago and Carlos disconnected from their father to endeavor their own life. Unfortunately, in the United States, Reyna’s father seldom acknowledged any of his children’s achievements and presence, especially Reyna. Reyna and her siblings resided with their alcoholic and abusive father. Once the children entered the United States as undocumented immigrants, this would become the most tangled situation of their lives. However, when Reyna’s mother withdrew from her children, she would continue to aggravate the situation because the children were constrained to fend for themselves.

This raised further complications within Reyna’s family because Reyna and her siblings had always dreamt of being with their father.

Reyna’s mother eventually settled in the United States with the father but eventually returned to Mexico due to a divorce.

However, the three children were separated from their father, who was in the United States in hopes of achieving the American Dream. Initially, Reyna and her older siblings, Mago and Carlos, lived an impoverished life in a small neighborhood in Mexico with their mother. Reyna recounts her memorable immigration experience in which it had created an internal conflict with herself, along with the painful separations between Reyna and her homeland and family. The memoir, “The Distance Between Us’, by Reyna Grande, is an extraordinary story that depicts the struggles of migrating from Mexico to the United States and confronting new challenges as an immigrant in the new country.

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