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    Non-Immigrant Visa Options for the United States of America Foreign nationals coming to the United States need a non-immigrant visa‚ unless they are Canadians‚ or are eligible for the Visa Waiver program‚ which allows business or tourist visits of up to 90 days. If non-U.S. citizens wish to live in the United States permanently‚ a “green card” or permanent resident status is required. The “green card” offers the ability to live‚ work or conduct business anywhere in the United States. An

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    short stories‚ Alexie purpose in writing stories is to depict how adversities are irreversible to the past‚ but not the future if you don’t allow it to be. In Alexie short stories they’re all interconnected with each story showcasing the hardships of Native Americans in the 15th century and late 20th century. The Spokane Reservation is the setting that’s connected with each story where Sherman discusses poverty‚ alcoholism‚ and isolation from society outsides one reservation. For example‚ when Junior

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    Illegal Immigrants

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    legalize or not to legalize immigrants? Since the founding of the United States of America over 55 million immigrants have settled here. So you could say we are a country of immigrants. So why is immigration such an issue? Should immigrants be granted citizenship and by law be required to pay for taxes after five year of residency in the United States? Some may say that this is America‚ “home of the free” but nothing is free here or is it and for whom? If immigrants where forced to nationalize

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    Immigrants In War

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    everyone‚ even immigrants‚ should take part in the purchasing of bonds. Sources such as those depicting immigrants and their feelings prior to war greatly contradicted the views of the U.S. government during the war. Immigrants‚ especially Chinese‚ were treated poorly and with great indifference up until the war started and the government pleaded for U.S. citizens to buy war bonds. Pun Chi‚ a Chinese merchant that migrated to the U.S. in the late 1800’s‚ wrote about the atrocities in Americans against

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    Illegal immigrants need a chance Have you ever thought about how we get fresh fruits for our daily consumption or how we get some farm products to the markets? If your answer is no‚ than get to know it is being done by illegal immigrants who are working under table. When immigrations reports are given people focus their attention on the in flocks of illegal immigrants who are in the US‚ but they tern to forget about the great contribution they are making to the economy‚ community and the developments

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    Caribbean Immigrants to New York/Us In the early 1900s the largest number of black immigrants were English-speaking Caribbean (West Indians) who settled in the Northeast‚ mainly in New York City. These immigrants were only 1.3 percent of the NYC population and faced intense racism‚ but by 1923 they became a 12.7 percent of the city’s population. Many of these immigrants were young‚ unmarried men. According to Winston James‚ a few women arrived and held occupations as teachers‚ doctors‚ lawyers

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    Native-born fears was the willpower of the “New Immigrants” to preserve their culture regardless of the costs. Although the “Old Immigrants” also tried to keep their culture alive‚ they did this in a very minimalistic way in comparison to the restaurants‚ social clubs‚ and more that the “New Immigrants” created in an attempt to preserve their culture. This also was faced with opposition especially by antiforeign organizations such as the “American Protective Association” or APA who made every effort

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    Immigrants‚ how and why do people leave their native country and settle in a different country. This has been happening for many years and is happening till today. But do we ever wonder why people do this? Why would they just have to leave their native land‚ their own people‚ their families and friends and try to live a different country with a different life style? I had a great pleasure of interviewing an immigrant who is very close to me. I had any eye opening interview with my own mother‚ who

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    Learning From Personal Hardships. When going through life an individual will undoubtedly find various hardships he or she will deal with. In Romeo and Juliet it displays various personal conflicts; from a broken heart‚ an arranged marriage‚ and the generation deep hatred embedded within family history. Moreover in The Alchemist following the story of a shepherd boy who once lost nearly everything; who had trouble finding his personal legend; the adventurer who could not find his own heart. Furthermore

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    York Was Our City On The Hill” by Edwidge Danticat‚ fully express the hardships of the immigration journey. Struggles with work‚ money‚ illness‚ and poverty are themes these two stories share. On the road to their dream‚ does immigrants have to face more obstacles and give up their past in order to success. In the story‚ “America and I”‚ the author describes the experience of having her first American jobs. She works for an American family‚ but she ends up with no pay and being humiliated by her employers

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