A wrongfully painted picture of immigrants

     An image that is very misinterpreted in this day and age is immigrants. Or more specifically, immigrants in the United States. People assume they are evil, job stealers, or criminals and the representations of them were often marked by negative connotations and labels such as illegal immigrants etc.
     Immigrants are mostly portrayed as Mexicans or Latin Americans, and the topic was often linked to crime, and one example of this is the entire "Build a Wall" debate that President Trump constantly tweets about. Donald Trump’s proposal is building a wall to keep undocumented Mexican immigrants out and banning what he calls “bad people” from countries like the U.S. Americans have been influenced that immigrants, mostly Mexicans, are a "threat" and should be treated as such. They argue that they are taking their jobs and are criminals which simply isn't the case. Fox news, another media platform, has also taken a dislike on immigrants which is linked to their political views. They dehumanize and talk about them as if they are of less importance than any other person in America. On any story they cover that involves immigrants, they automatically refer to them as criminals and I think this is completely unfair.
     As being an immigrant myself, I know first hand what it's like wanting to move to a country where you have better education, more job opportunities, and simply a better life and for people of this country to judge someone who has done no harm and label them as criminals and a threat for just wanting a happier life is wrong. Although crossing a boarder illegally is not right, I wouldn't go as far as labeling every immigrant a criminal as some are in fact here legally and are documented. Rather than being a pessimist and calling them job stealers I would challenge that characteristic by being optimistic and calling them economy helpers as most immigrants do take lower paying jobs Americans don't want which leaves room for Americans to get the jobs they do want. As for painting a representation in everyone's head that they are all a threat to this country would definitely be a characteristic to be challenged also as most, if not all immigrants come to the US for a better life and should be welcomed with open arms because at the end of the day, they are humans too, no matter where they come from.