Graphic Organizer: Immigrant Journals | Lee Chew | Mary Antin | What is the main idea expressed in the author’s journal? | Mistreatment of the Chinese | The equality and freedom in America | Is the author happy or unhappy with his/her experience in America? | Unhappy | Happy | Explain one experience the author had that reflects his/her view of America. | He talks about how he is unable to bring his wife to America over from China or marry an American woman‚ but how the Irish‚ Germans
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From One Continent to the Next The easiest way to get a job done is to make someone else do it for you. This is exactly what the U.S did to the Chinese immigrating to their country. They used the Chinese for their own needs‚ treating them with no respect at all. But‚ despite the fact that they were discriminated against‚ the Chinese continued to work for the U.S. In the beginning‚ Chinese had very low numbers‚ with few immigrants. It was the discovery of gold of 1848 in California that brought
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Introduction The immigrants in the United States are faced with challenges and struggles that prevent them from living the American dream that they envisioned would be possible after arriving to America. Today’s immigrants are faced with similar obstacles that the past generations have encountered after arriving to the United States. The challenges and struggles that both generations experience is learning to speak English‚ get an education‚ finding good paying jobs‚ having a decent place to live
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The benefits of immigration is that it allows us to fill our workforce with people willing to work‚ which in turn increases production. When immigrants come into this country they normally come to work and live the american dream. This desire‚ results in a work ethic that in some occasions cannot be matched by US citizens‚ so jobs that US citizens are unwilling to do are done by immigrants willing to work. This increase in employment generates more revenue for the Government through taxes. The more
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Ethnocentrism is the act of viewing someone’s culture below yours or from the perspective of only your own views. When considering issues of immigration‚ it is looked at as a major problem. People who come to live permanently in a foreign country‚ also known as an immigrant‚ are sometimes treated with hatred and not given the basic respects that every human being deserves. Prejudices‚ discrimination and hate crimes are things that immigrants face every day‚ no matter what country they came from.
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In the essay‚ Immigration and MIgration‚ author Hasia Diner discusses the effect of immigrants on the United States during the late nineteenth century‚ especially with regard to their effect on industrialism. The late 1800s was a time of immense industrialization and the outbreak of monopolies controlled by robber barons like Andrew Carnegie‚ JP Morgan‚ and John D. Rockefeller. Diner argues that although these individuals controlled the industry‚ immigrants played an immense role in industrialization
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Illegal Immigrants Deserve a Humane and Fair Immigration Law Which Would regulate Their Status There is an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States. They are working jobs that need to be done‚ that someone has to do and that many of us would never take. They are still in the darkness waiting for a change in the system which could regulate their status and come out to the light. These people deserve fair treatment. We can not remain indifferent about this situation.
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“Catch and release by building new detention centres‚ or by forcing them back over the border to Mexico. This is even if they are not Mexican citizens‚ which is very controversial. Trump is determined to up security and end large scale illegal immigration into the country. In the weeks before the election‚ homeland security member Jeh Johnson announced
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The immigration pattern in the United States affects the Americans economy.There are many undocumented people from central America working and living the United States.The effects of the immigrations pattern on the American economy are that immigrants pay taxes‚ immigrants work low paying jobs‚ and their children go to college and get jobs. Many people say that immigrants do not pay taxes.Immigrant pay consumer taxes.”Immigrant pay taxes‚ in the form of income property‚sales‚and taxes at the federal
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for themselves and for their families. These immigrants‚ such as many throughout history they are hard workers that can benefit the economy and spread culture. The issue on immigration is a complicated issue that has affected the past‚ the present‚ and the future. It is an ideal of what or how people interpret what immigration is to an individual‚ there are those who accept it with open arms and there are those who see this as an infestation to our country. In many cases immigrants fill in many jobs
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