Immigration Challenges
Introduction
The immigrants in the United States are faced with challenges and struggles that prevent them from living the American dream that they envisioned would be possible after arriving to America. Today’s immigrants are faced with similar obstacles that the past generations have encountered after arriving to the United States. The challenges and struggles that both generations experience is learning to speak English, get an education, finding good paying jobs, having a decent place to live with family, having access to different services, and experiencing a cultural shock. After being faced with these obstacles; many immigrants are still excited to be in America; the land that they consider as a place of many opportunities.
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There is this misconception that most immigrants that came to America had to struggle to make a decent living. This idea of immigrants being paid less than the natives; are only true for some; not all. There were a lot of immigrants that arrived in America earning more pay than the natives. “Those who came from developed countries such as England, Scotland, France and Germany generally went straight into higher-paying jobs, while those from less developed countries — Scandinavia, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Poland and Russia — landed jobs that paid less” (Mekouar, D, 2015). People tend to think that all foreigners were stupid because English was not their first language. But, most from developed countries were well educated, owned land, and knew how to run a business. Immigrants from countries that were not well developed; such as Italians, “were primarily farmers and unskilled laborers” (Turner, L, n.d.). For most immigrants, this was one of the biggest challenges they faced; not being highly skilled in a trade that was marketable. Another obstacle that prevented the immigrants from being seen as equals to the American natives was this new group of people called “The Know-Nothing”. This group of people believed that the increased number of immigrants would hurt the public services. The upper-class natives believed that the immigrants were …show more content…
Both generations were faced with similar obstacles. The challenges and struggles that both generations experience was learning to speak English, get an education, finding good paying jobs, having a decent place to live with family, having access to different services, and experiencing a cultural shock. After being faced with these challenges; many immigrants were still excited about the many opportunities that America had to
The immigrants in the United States are faced with challenges and struggles that prevent them from living the American dream that they envisioned would be possible after arriving to America. Today’s immigrants are faced with similar obstacles that the past generations have encountered after arriving to the United States. The challenges and struggles that both generations experience is learning to speak English, get an education, finding good paying jobs, having a decent place to live with family, having access to different services, and experiencing a cultural shock. After being faced with these obstacles; many immigrants are still excited to be in America; the land that they consider as a place of many opportunities.
What …show more content…
There is this misconception that most immigrants that came to America had to struggle to make a decent living. This idea of immigrants being paid less than the natives; are only true for some; not all. There were a lot of immigrants that arrived in America earning more pay than the natives. “Those who came from developed countries such as England, Scotland, France and Germany generally went straight into higher-paying jobs, while those from less developed countries — Scandinavia, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Poland and Russia — landed jobs that paid less” (Mekouar, D, 2015). People tend to think that all foreigners were stupid because English was not their first language. But, most from developed countries were well educated, owned land, and knew how to run a business. Immigrants from countries that were not well developed; such as Italians, “were primarily farmers and unskilled laborers” (Turner, L, n.d.). For most immigrants, this was one of the biggest challenges they faced; not being highly skilled in a trade that was marketable. Another obstacle that prevented the immigrants from being seen as equals to the American natives was this new group of people called “The Know-Nothing”. This group of people believed that the increased number of immigrants would hurt the public services. The upper-class natives believed that the immigrants were …show more content…
Both generations were faced with similar obstacles. The challenges and struggles that both generations experience was learning to speak English, get an education, finding good paying jobs, having a decent place to live with family, having access to different services, and experiencing a cultural shock. After being faced with these challenges; many immigrants were still excited about the many opportunities that America had to