Enrique's Journey; Compare & Contrast Chart

Living in the United States;

• Bettor job opportunites
• Better salaries
• Safer
• Strong juduicial system
• Better chance of saving enough enough money to support his girlfriend & daughter.

Staying in Honduras;

• Barely making money to support himself.
• Having to look for scraps of food to feed his family.
• Probably facing a lifetime of drug use.
• Always wandering where his mom was & if she still cared about him.

The Goods;

• You don't have to pay taxes.
• You can get an under the table job.
• If you give brith to children in the United States; they become citizens.
• You can get a free education.

The Bads;

• You run the risk of being caught
• You can be sent home with none of your belongings.
• It;s hard to become a citizen; it's a long process.