The Article “Floating on the Edge of a Dream” was published on The New York Times website October 10th, 2010. The article was written by Alison Gregor.
The issue of this article concerns Erick De Leon, a hopeful boxer for the 2012 Olympics. Erick is a phenomenal boxer, however there is one thing standing in his way. Though living in Detroit, he is not a legal U.S. citizen. His parents thought getting citizenship for their children would be too difficult so they never applied for it. Now, this is causing their son a great deal of problems. He has now applied to be a citizen of the u.s., all of the registration items and documents normally take about eight months. This is a major conflict because he needs to be confirmed a citizen by the end of the year to be eligible for the 2012 Olympics.
Reading this article brought about different closing thoughts for me each time I read it. First, I did feel sorry for De Leon because of the stress and upset it is causing him to have to wait in anticipation to become a us citizen and through the duration of that wait loose grasp of his lifelong dream. Though, the last few times reading it I wondered why the parents never came to a consensus of having their children become citizens once they turned a certain age. I also wondered why they did not decide to apply Erick for citizenship once he started training for boxing and the olympics.
Original Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/sports/11boxer.html?ref=immigration-and-emigration
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