In the passage, the author presents a narrative of her parents’ deportation in order to responses imply that her audience would find it difficult to imagine her predicament imply that her audience would find it difficult to imagine her predicament contrast her perspective as a child with her adult understanding of an issue contrast her perspective as a child with her adult understanding of an issue illustrate her point that existing immigration policy is broken illustrate her point that existing immigration policy is broken express regret over decisions she made subsequent to that experience express regret over decisions she made subsequent to that experience clarify why the actions taken against her parents were unlawful.