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    Life of an Immigrant

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    The Life of an Immigrant By Katie Purpura APUSH BALKANATOR During the time‚ of the end of the Civil War and the beginning of the First World War it was described as “the war between capital and labor”. It was filled with bloody violence and extensive property damage‚ a situation that continued well into the 20th century. The Jungle focuses on the life and times of recent immigrants to the United States from Eastern Europe. Upton Sinclair wrote his book “The Jungle” not only to speak for "the

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    Illegal Immigrants

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    Illegal Immigrants With the rise of illegal immigrants‚ the United States has had difficulties solving the issue for a long time. Hence‚ there’re many factors for the causes and solutions from different branches and the government. “Amnesty?” and “Why blame Mexico?” are two articles that discuss the reasons for millions of Mexicans risking their lives to come illegally to the U.S. and indeed illustrate the writer’s perspectives and ideas for those people. In “Amnesty?”‚ John F. Kavanaugh‚ a

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    Life As An Immigrant

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    were we going mom? What were we doing? " It’s gonna be alright hija‚” she soothed me. I stared out the window‚ brown and green blurs passing in and out‚ knowing something big was to come. I am one of 12 million immigrants who live in the U.S today. The reality of living life as an immigrant is worse than what people imagine. You are constantly living in fear and struggle‚ but it’s still better than going back to a country that is full of violence and no opportunities. Many people think of us as criminals

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    Society And Immigrants

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    How society sees immigrants? Society see immigrants as criminals or junks. They think that we are the ones who are stealing jobs and opportunities to Americans. Society sees us as the most dangerous communities because we are the ones who commit crime and robbery. However‚ not all undocumented immigrants are the same because every human is different. Immigrants not come to the U.S to still whites jobs or properties. These undocumented immigrants only come to U.S. to escape from poverty or oppression

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    Caribbean Immigrants

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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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    New Immigrants

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    Finally‚ the main difference and major contribution to 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

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    Immigrant Struggle

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    Immigrant Struggle It is the dream of every immigrant to live a worry free life in a new country that can offer so much. A place where one can work for suitable wages‚ a place where one can raise their children free of the problems plaguing their previous country and a place where one can grow spiritually and socially. While some people might believe that immigrants struggle ends when they come to America‚ filmmaker Mira Nair‚ argues against this statement by demonstrating the struggle of

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    Exploitation of Immigrants A rampant injustice Justin Seto The world that we inhabit today arguably revolves around a single object or rather multiple “objects”‚ this object being the almighty dollar. Through all of human history the want of power money and greed in human nature has been the driving force for many and it is safe to say that these values still occur today. The economical world has always been nigh all powerful‚ the rich omnipotent and the poor wretched‚ with a chasm dividing

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    Interview with an immigrant

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    political oppression‚ and war. Whereas pull factors are generally positive‚ such as better economic opportunity‚ political freedom‚ and favorable reception toward immigrants” (Potocky-Tripodi‚ 2002‚ p. 13). In order to understand the resettlement and adaption of immigrants in a host country‚ it is critical to examine all aspects of an immigrant migration path. In light of this phenomenon is significant to understand this process through the lens of three stages of migration: premigration and departure

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    Chinese Cuisine

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    However Chinese cuisine and American cuisine stand out the most because they are completely different and value different things. Chinese cuisine is a very versatile type of cuisine because there are many styles of Chinese food that make up the Chinese cuisine. These styles of Chinese food originate from the many provinces in China. Like the Chinese cuisine‚ American cuisine is also very diverse‚ but most of the cuisine is a combination of many different culture’s food styles because America was the

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