In the final chapter, Galvez seemed to sum up most of what happened in the book. However, there was less of a focus on guadalupismo than there was on immigration rights, which I was under the impression was the main focus of the book. Galvez went into extensive detail of immigrant reforms and their progression from 1986 until present day, or at least what was present when the book was published. I did not know about the Amnesty Act of 1986, so I found it very interesting that at this point in time all immigrants who were already in the country were granted citizenship. I’m not sure that is exactly what the legislation did but that was the impression I got from Galvez. I also found it interesting that the Associacion Tepeyac was under the impression that such legislation was again going to be passed, so sure that they were encouraging illegal immigrants to get proof that they were in the country at a certain time. I suppose I just never realized how open America was to the idea of illegal immigrants becoming legal.

Moreover, I didn’t realize how much immigration changed because of President Bush and how he was so unpopular that it influenced politicians view on immigration in the future. Particularly the passage about Hilary Clinton shocked me but at the same time held true to all politicians, they say what they need to in order to gain votes. However, she was clearly turning against something she believed in since she said it in the first place. Additionally, I didn’t know about Obama trying to cut down raids which I was unaware were even happening, especially since one of the places mentioned was Long Island which is where I’m from. Mostly, this chapter had to do with citizenship and why these illegal immigrants deserved citizenship and how they stimulate the American economy by doing the jobs that no one else wants to do. Yet, people argue that even so, just by being in the United States is illegal and breaking the law that creates a confusing controversy about whether or not these people should be accepted as citizens or not, which I in a way agree with. How can we grant citizenship a privilege to people who are breaking the law by just being in the country.