18 years ago‚ with just about everything we owned on our backs‚ my mother and I were walking down a narrow road in Gaithersburg‚ Maryland looking for where we would stay next. We were exhausted‚ famished‚ and probably more distinguishing‚ we were immigrants. On that hot day‚ at just four years old‚ I had no idea that moment would become a precursor to a long journey of overcoming significant educational‚ social‚ cultural‚ and economic disadvantages in the United States of America. As I watched hundreds
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The New Immigration Policy Obama‚who is the president of the United States‚ announced the new immigration policy on June 15‚2012. The new immigration policy would stop deporting and issue work permits to up to 800‚000 young undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children and had never committed a crime. This was not an amnesty. When some people were being excited and optimistic‚ Alulema who arrived in the United States when she was 14 said that she had been weary of the administration’s
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Immigration a National Concern In history class the United States of America was commonly referred to as a “Melting Pot” of cultural and racial backgrounds. The open–immigration policy that was maintained until the late nineteenth century helped to populate the United States. From 1800 thru 1890‚ the United States population grew from 5.3 million to 62.6 million (Brunner 392). Immigration had a huge impact on how the United States grew socially and economically. It was a new world that offered
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From the 1840s to the 1880s and again from the 1890s to the 1920s‚ immigrants poured into the United States for many different reasons. Immigrants were faced with challenges such as saving and spending money‚ blending with others and the Potato Famine in Ireland. Immigrants were treated differently on their appearances‚ the way they speak and customs they had. The potato famine in Ireland drove the Irish from their homeland to America. Some immigrants‚ English was a primary language‚ for others learning
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My grandmother Kamala‚ is a woman of true respect. She grew up in the Kirthabra moutains‚ bordering Karachi and proclaiming it the most beautiful place in the world that “overlooked the heavens”. She grew as people would call “blue blooded”‚ ridiculously rich but far from conceited. Her family consisted complete vegetarians- never eating meat or eggs as if to preserve what bodies are given. She had five brothers and she was the eldest child. My grandfather Bhagwan was similar‚ yet completely different
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Norma Ramirez Fuller-4th pd Adv. Eng. IIII 4-10-13 The Dream Act Major Points: * Undocumented immigrants are not able to fulfill their dream * The nation is wasting helpful youth * Dream Act is also beneficial for citizens or legal residents who don’t meet state residency requirements Summary The article “Dream Act Students apply for college aid” by Jill Tucker tells about how the California Dream Act has become a dream-saver for hundreds of students residing in California
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Dear Ana‚ Hello‚ my name is ______. I am now finally an American Citizen. I am from Greece. I met your sister Maria on the boat and she told me she would not have time to write and asked me to tell you what America was like. I think American is more gilded than golden. Gilded is when something is gold on the outside and (for example) iron on the inside. America seemed like an ideal place to come. At least till I got here… On the long trip to America people were discussing that if they were
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(http://www.monticello.org/site/plantation-and-slavery/thomas-jefferson-and-sally-hemings-brief-account) Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: A Brief Account The claim that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings‚ a slave at Monticello‚ entered the public arena during Jefferson’s first term as president‚ and it has remained a subject of discussion and disagreement for two centuries. Based on documentary‚ scientific‚ statistical‚ and oral history evidence‚ the Thomas Jefferson Foundation
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April 1‚ 1875 (Olivie) Farms are hard work. Even if you just have pigs and chickens. We‚ as in my family‚ have three pigs‚ and three chickens. We used to have 5 pigs‚ but we killed three of them yesterday to eat‚ and sell some at the market. We also killed a couple chickens. We need the money. We can barely survive with what we got‚ and that isn’t much. Mostly because we have six people in our family. Plus‚ my dad doesn’t work much‚ and my mother and I don’t work at all. And‚ my older brother works
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The problem of immigration is nowadays one of the most serious problems the contemporary American society is currently facing. Many specialists argue that the growing number of immigrants‚ especially illegal ones is dangerous for the future development of the national economy as well as for socio-political life of the whole country. In such a situation it is quite natural that American government is getting to be particularly concerned about the problem of immigration and initiated a legislative
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