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    because of her broken English‚ and my grandfather would never be taken seriously by “real” Americans because of his immigrant status. For decades my grandparents were shoved into boxes that perpetrated immigrant stereotypes‚ and despised every second of it. Almost sixty years later‚ my sister and I are born from my Mexican mother and white father (NEED TO ADD MORE AOUTz

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    2.4 Living situation The typical Chinese immigrant was a young‚ able bodied man who usually left his family at home and came as a workingman. He had no intention of staying in America but to send money back home to help his family (Wittke‚1964). Mr. Wong illustrated: “’They told me that anyone who comes through Gam Saan will make money fast and go home as a rich man.’“ (Lee & Yung‚ 2010‚ p.71). Statistics undermine these facts by showing that women numbered less than 10 percent of the Chinese American

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    right. I also think that he knew that America was going to be known as a place for new people. America has insurmountable amounts of different people from all over the world. The American population consisted of a lot of different beliefs‚ ways of living‚ cultures‚ languages‚ and ways of worship‚ prayer‚ thoughts of government‚ and many more aspects. Immigration is one way the government has put in for a description of others around the globe for coming hereto America. Over half of America’s population

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    As an Immigrant‚ there were many challenges I faced whether it’s related to language or understanding the culture. My family moved to United States of America when I was in 6th grade. I was always told by my parents that building a successful career is very important. This idea of building a successful career never stuck in my mind until the junior year of high school when I all sudden all the teachers and counselors started talking about going to college build a career in a field that you were interested

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    As an immigrant move to America. I have witnessed a lot of change in my culture for example when I was back in my home country my entire family will wake up at 6:30 am every morning and performed your religious prayers and the entire family will have breakfast together‚ after which myself and brother will leave for school. After moving to America everything changes because everyone one has diffident work and school scheduled this does not mean that were forget your traditional roots but were are

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    Irish and Chinese experience in America The end of the civil war and the beginning of the industrial revolution started an increase of immigration into the United States because of a need for low paid workers. Immigrants from around the world fled to America taking valuable jobs away from American citizens. Immigrants who came to the United States sought out every job known to man. Anything from sweeping floors to craftsman was available to the immigrants. From 1880-1920 the population of the United

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    which is the case for many immigrants migrating to America. Coming to America by Gibbs and Bankhead‚ A Hyphenated Identity by Harry Kitano‚ and as well as the essay Wandering Between Two Worlds‚ One Dead‚ the Other Powerless to be Born by Ramon S. Torrecilha are all detailed works of writing about the hardships immigrants had to overcome becoming a citizen or already being a citizen of the United States. I believe that many people have an overwhelming expectation about America and take the notion of

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    Immigrants traveled to America for new opportunities and freedom. They moved because of the difficult life conditions they had in Europe. They had little money and homes‚ but most of all they couldn’t worship God how they wanted to. The Great Famine also happened which was when all the potatoes got a disease so no one could eat them which led to starvation and death. They were fascinated by the story books they read about America and decided they wanted to move there. Some didn’t leave by choice

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    Critical Response Why do Immigrants Admire America? The story‚ “Becoming American” by Dinesh D’Souza is about why America is so engaging to immigrants. D’Souza shares his story of when he moved from Bombay‚ India to America. After reading the story‚ I found it fascinating that immigrants were very interested in America. According to the story‚ children carry heavy amounts of stones and the women carry heavy loads to their destination in the villages of Africa and Asia. Everyday these people

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    are not always discussed‚ Irish immigrants were some of the first immigrants to set foot in America. They fled their country for many reasons including famine‚ poverty‚ and hope for a better future. They faced many dangers on their journey to America and many hardships once they arrived. It is because of this immigration that so many of us American born citizens can trace our ancestry back to an Irish immigrant. The first set of Irish immigrants arrived in America in the 17th century‚ from “a small

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