Vietnam Immigrants and Refugees Immigration has been around for years. It is when someone or even a culture comes to live permanently in a foreign country that is of their own. It is important for us now to realize how this was more relevant in earlier years than it is now. Most of it was related to leaving a country due to war whereas now it may be just to live in America or a better place. Vietnamese people settlement in the United States was a direct result from World War II and the failure
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Noor Abdullah ESL 119 Victoria Freedman Oct 6‚ 2015 Immigrants What is the first thing that comes to mind when we think of immigrations? Immigrating technically means the act of non- native people moving to a new place to settle there‚ so they begin to flee their own country which is their homeland and search for a country which is easier for them to live in. Nowadays‚ many people decide to immigrate to have a better life for themselves and their families because they want to have a job‚ to run
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Bau Nguyen Mrs. Renee Richards ESOL 0351 April 12 The reasons of American immigrants According the website www.cnn.com: In 2010‚ about 1.04 million people received legal permanent resident status. What make the United State of America so attraction? and why people immigrate to this country? In reality‚ people immigrate to the United State of America to pursuit of the American Dream. There are many reasons for the immigration‚ searching of better employment opportunities and being interesting
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The large number of Chinese immigrants that migrated to California throughout the 19th century to find work and escape political and economic issues in their own country. They came in hope to achieve the "American Dream"‚ especially during the gold rush. Chinese men and women were faced with many obstacles in America including racism‚ unjust convictions‚ and dehumanization. The Chinese were often viewed as exotic and even sinister in the view of a white American due to there many cultural differences
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throughout much of the history of the United States. The economic‚ social‚ and political aspects of immigration have caused controversy regarding ethnicity‚ economic benefits‚ jobs for non-immigrants‚ crime‚ voting behavior… Among all these immigrant groups‚ this paper will focus on three specifically: the Irish immigrants‚ the African-American and the Native-American. These three groups which lived the same experience of being from a different ethnicity‚ who had suffered from xenophobia and negative stereotypes
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“Schmatta” is a gateway to success in immigrants’ new land: The apparel industry provided an entree for scores of central European immigrants‚ whose children and grandchildren went on to achieve the American dream. The “Schmatta” business was once New York City’s biggest employer: At its peak in 1973‚ there were 400‚000 apparel production jobs in New York. Last year (2007)‚ there were just 84‚000. Made in USA: Former president John F. Kennedy put outsourcing in motion by allowing 5 percent
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More citizens are leaving than are entering. Many of these Latin American immigrants settle in the United States and send home remittances every month to their families who stayed behind. This money amount peaked in 2008‚ just before the financial crisis‚ with seventy billion dollars being sent from new immigrants back home. Five years later‚ the remittance number was around sixty billion dollars‚ still a considerable sum. Latin Americans are
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When immigrants started coming here‚ there was a lot of change‚ espically in ellis island. when they went there they had to go through so many test. and not a lot of poeple past all of them. mny of them had diseases and had to stay in hospitals till they al got better. Citizenship now vs back then is a lot harder. many poeple today have to wait up to 10 years just to be a citizen‚ and back then it was easier because poelpe werent as srict as they are now so it was easier letting people in. One group
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Ethnicity and the Immigrant Experience When thinking about immigration‚ most individuals imagine all different types of ethnic groups traveling to a separate land away from their own. Most imagine America. Immigration‚ throughout history‚ has occurred within all types of ethnicities. When taking a closer look at the individuals living in America‚ it is apparent that everyone is not exactly like one another. Assimilation becomes a popular word used when discussing migration‚ and both positives
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Being an immigrant brings both positive and negative impacts on my life. I cannot say that I was totally ignorant about the decision my parents had made for us. But I was totally unprepared when that day had finally come. Obscurely I remember‚ when we arrived at the LAX airport‚ I couldn’t understand a single word of this new world surrounding us. It seemed like all of my endeavors in English classes were useless. Luckily‚ my mother managed to have all of the documents set‚ and we peacefully crossed
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