Another event where I felt like my identity was challenged is when I was in a situation where I felt uneasy about. Immigrants. I am a child of an immigrant. This affects me because I was born in El Salvador and come in the States as a baby. I never know how people will react to it. My parents made the sacrifice of leaving El Salvador‚ their hometown and move to the States. My parents came here to ensure us a better education‚ and in general‚ a better life. Learning a new culture and my hispanic
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for everyone. America welcomes the people that other countries don’t want‚ or at least we used to. The Statue of Liberty even says “Give me your tired‚ your poor‚ Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free‚ The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these‚ the homeless‚ tempest-tossed to me‚ I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”-The New Colossus. America once expected immigrants to come in and rise up the ranks‚ become wealthy and to live the “American Dream”. Immigrants thought this too
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Challenging Obstacles for Immigrants Many people migrate to the USA for several reasons‚ to get better life. As we all know the USA is highly developed economically and technologically‚ and it can become a different world to most immigrants. Thus‚ immigrants face various challenges during the first and second year of their entrance in to the USA. Among the challenges‚ language‚ getting a job and culture are common for most of immigrants. The first challenge for immigrants is the language barrier
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Cristobal Illegal Immigrants Deportation There has been an issue for several years in the United States‚ and yet it hasn’t been resolved. While the government is looking for a solution‚ there have been so many families that are getting separated just because they are deporting too many people. Some states that have made their own laws which are laws that are absolutely unconstitutional‚ such as the one from Arizona the SB-1070‚ which
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The life of Irish immigrants in Boston was one of poverty and discrimination. The religiously centered culture of the Irish has along with their importance on family has allowed the Irish to prosper and persevere through times of injustice. Boston ’s Irish immigrant population amounted to a tenth of its population. Many after arriving could not find suitable jobs and ended up living where earlier generations had resided. This attributed to the "invisibility" of the Irish. Much of the very early
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as well as economy. American citizens want America to be great again‚ and that is what Hispanics immigrants provide for this nation‚ education and economy. Immigrants provide valuable things for this nation. Immigrants should not be deported. Influential figures from the United States support the immigration process. President Obama has talked a lot about immigration in many of his speeches. “United States is a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants‚ and people can reconcile those two things
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United States. I can imagine how horrible life was for Chinese immigrant workers at the time. As a group‚ they made up a large proportion of the Railroad workers. They were forced to work on the most difficult
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by the Founding Fathers of our nation. It is difficult to define an American when we are a country that was settled by immigrants. Dating
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fullest. As an immigrant‚ America has always been this place where your dreams are real and possible. Once my family and I touched down in the United States‚ our goals and dreams became tangible. Success and American‚ has always gone hand in hand in my mind. I feel extremely lucky to live in America‚ if my family did not emigrate here I would not be the person I am today. This gives me the motivation to do well‚ this is the reason why I feel that I have to be successful. Being an immigrant from Nigeria
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Small businesses‚ including immigrant-owned‚ are an important factor for a progresive country. The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) reported that small businesses create 99% of jobs in the United States (US) (SBA‚ 2016). Small businesses are a substantial percentage of factors that stimulate the U.S. economy by creating jobs (Artinger & Powell‚ 2015). Immigrant-owned businesses have grown with the increase of immigrants in the United States and research shows that business ownership
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