I cannot quite describe what I was feeling the day that my mother loaded me onto a large ship on that cold‚ dark day. England was the only place that I had ever called home. After my father and two younger siblings died‚ my mother was determined that I would travel to America for a new life. A life that I could never have in England. My young‚ sixteen year old mind could not quite comprehend the entire reasoning of why my mother wanted to send me away to a place that either of us had ever been
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Mariah Hernandez Ms. Hines Period 5 October 28‚ 2014 457200-3175My name is Adarlina Woods. I was sixteen when I arrived in America in 1853 at the port of Ellis Island. I remember how the cold salt water created a bitter air around us as well as the brisk winter air. All around me I saw men‚ women‚ and children surrounding me‚ their bony bodies shivering hard‚ bringing the clothes they barely had one their backs tighter around them. I had a few suitcases and offered a few spare coats I had.
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Have you ever asked yourself what your destiny shall be‚ or who you will be in the near future? Every human being develops ideals from the concerns or uncertainties. We will never know for sure how our destiny is defined‚ whether in an impersonal way or by our own decisions. A few years ago‚ I believed that my life would take the course that would lead me to success. With my eyes closed‚ I decided to try it and came to the US. Leaving everything behind in my beloved Colombia‚ I ventured into an unknown
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Although the Immigration Act of 1924 was mainly the unfortunate result of discriminatory racial theories of nativism and antiforeignism‚ other factors influenced also Congress to pass the restrictive act‚ including the rising Red Scare and the spread of the new Ku Klux Klan. The largest factor in the Congressional passing of the Immigration Act of 1920 was the fundamental American belief that native Americans were superior to foreigners‚ including the 800‚000 immigrants who flooded the country in
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The American Dream is very important to immigrants coming into the country. It helps them get away from any countries that they’re from for a fresh start. It helps them improve their lives for better or worse. America started as a place for rich white men‚ and turned into its own country and currently has the world’s greatest Army. It doesn’t matter the race‚ religion‚ wealth‚ or sexual orientation. America is a place for everyone. Come one‚ Come all! Although the path to get here is very difficult
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Dear Family‚ It’s been a long time since we’ve spoken. I hope everyone is healthy and happy. I figured I should tell you how my trip from Ireland to America went since you will be joining me soon. I want you to be more prepared for the hardships than I was. I boarded the boat thinking it wouldn’t be that bad. I was wrong. I stayed in the steerage for months. The steerage is the below deck part of the boat where the steering mechanisms are. It was disgusting‚ dark and cramped. Although we were
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18 years ago‚ with just about everything we owned on our backs‚ my mother and I were walking down a narrow road in Gaithersburg‚ Maryland looking for where we would stay next. We were exhausted‚ famished‚ and probably more distinguishing‚ we were immigrants. On that hot day‚ at just four years old‚ I had no idea that moment would become a precursor to a long journey of overcoming significant educational‚ social‚ cultural‚ and economic disadvantages in the United States of America. As I watched hundreds
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recently made it a big point that immigration is a tremendous issue in the United States’ economy. According to The Washington Post‚ “Immigration to the United States is the international movement of individuals who are not natives or do not possess citizenship in order to settle‚ reside‚ study or to take-up employment in the United States.” Immigration has been in the United States ever since the country was established. There are almost just as many advantages to immigration as there are disadvantages
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Senior Project Immigration Obama’s Immigration Reform Xihara Rosario Class 172 Mrs. Prysler Northeast High School Outline 1. Introduction What is my topic? Why I chose it? What do I already know about my topic? What I expect to learn? 2. Body Definition of Immigration Types of Immigration The first habitants in United State were Immigrants Immigration reform issues right now Implements that reform needs to happen Immigration outcome and implications for Americans
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The New Immigration Policy Obama‚who is the president of the United States‚ announced the new immigration policy on June 15‚2012. The new immigration policy would stop deporting and issue work permits to up to 800‚000 young undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children and had never committed a crime. This was not an amnesty. When some people were being excited and optimistic‚ Alulema who arrived in the United States when she was 14 said that she had been weary of the administration’s
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