"Push and pull factors for immigrants to america" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 50 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Better Essays

    Chinese Immigrants in Flushing‚ Queens     I would like to research Chinese immigrants living in my home-town of Flushing‚ New York. The reason why I’ve chosen to research this particular culture is because I have been a part of it for as long as I can remember‚ and I wish to gain further knowledge from my studies. Some concepts that I would like to discuss are‚ acculturation of Chinese immigrants in to American culture‚ reasons for immigrating‚ how Chinese immigrants choose to identify themselves

    Premium United States Immigration to the United States Chinese language

    • 2499 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Best Essays

    Immigrant Youth in Canadian Culture Introduction Canada is a place where people all over the world immigrate to. People immigrate to Canada due to reasons such as war‚ famine‚ employment‚ better health plans‚ colonialism‚ educational opportunities and many more. Some come here by choice while others are forced to leave their homeland to survive. For whatever reason one immigrates to Canada‚ the point is‚ they leave things that are familiar to them and come to an unknown and uncertain environment

    Premium Culture Western culture

    • 3923 Words
    • 16 Pages
    Best Essays
  • Good Essays

    Cherry Lopez Professor: Brown Sociology The Immigrant Experience-Past and Present The person I interviewed is Carlos Orellana. He is a Honduran who came to the United States crossing Mexico. Orellana came to the U.S.A in search of a better future for him and his family‚ without realizing how hard it was going to be; finding a path full of bitterness‚ sadness‚ desolation‚ despair and loneliness. How did you come to America? I came to America across all of Mexico. It was very difficult to

    Premium United States Immigration to the United States European Union

    • 804 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Running head: HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS Hispanic Immigrants: Victims of Discrimination Kathleen Juarbe-Gorgas Professor Dettmann October 21‚ 2010 United States is the land of immigrants or the land of white people? Based on the U.S. history when Christopher Columbus discovers America‚ the Europeans start immigrant for better opportunities. The Native Indians was the owner of this land but the European took it over. As a consequence of the slavery‚ people from other countries

    Free Immigration to the United States United States Immigration

    • 702 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States the majority of those are from Mexico‚ Central and South America who are seeking asylum in this country for reasons like escaping poverty‚ gangs‚ cartels or corruption. What we belive is that we have to have an easy way for immigrants to be granted citizenship so that we do not keep seperating families like what is going on under the Obama administration which has led to the deportaion of around 2 million immigrants. We do however support President

    Premium Immigration to the United States Immigration United States

    • 332 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    things that motivated thousands of immigrants to flock to America during the 19th century. The growth of industry‚ as well as the rapidly-advancing technology‚ made larger cities the ideal place to go to work. Factories had a insatiable need for cheap laborers and there were plenty of people willing to work for next to nothing for a shot at living in the land of opportunity. While the promise of work and a new life might sound appealing‚ the reality of life in America for the working class was nothing

    Premium United States Immigration to the United States European Union

    • 547 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    have examined factors that influence immigrants’ labor market outcomes. One of these studies conducted by Schaafsma J. and Arthur S. demonstrates a correlation between age at immigration and earnings (Schaafsma‚ 2001). The results of this research conclude that the value of work experience in the source country is insignificant compared to host country work experience; the return to education varies with age at immigration‚ and acculturation effect significantly affects immigrants who are visible

    Premium Canada United States Population

    • 366 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    The Invasion of Illegal Immigrants The United States has been invaded—not by a conquering army or some world superpower. These invaders take on a different form. They have no leader‚ no weapons of mass destruction‚ and no militaristic plan of attack. Yet these invaders pose one of the greatest threats to America’s future. Who are these dreaded invaders who pose such a threat? They are illegal immigrants. In the past few years‚ illegal immigrants have become a major topic in the

    Premium United States Immigration to the United States Immigration

    • 1975 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    My Immigrant Experience

    • 596 Words
    • 3 Pages

    As a foreigner‚ I have had to adapt to the changes that come with moving to a new country. At the tender age of four years old‚ my mother was the first of the family to come from Kenya to the United States. She moved here to build a better life for our family. About a year later‚ it became apparent my father would not be joining us here; by the end of 2004‚ lung cancer had taken my father from my family. The passing of my father was‚ by far‚ the most difficult experience I have ever had‚ however

    Premium High school Education Teacher

    • 596 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    about those who are here illegally. Many conservatives want to deport them immediately saying that they are “criminals” that should not get to use our resources; although‚ on the other hand many liberals recognize that a high number of undocumented immigrants are not those “savages” that conservatives make them out to be. Many of these people are hard-working‚ loyal‚ family members who are here just to have a better opportunity for not only themselves but their families as well. These past three years

    Premium Immigration to the United States United States Immigration

    • 651 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
Page 1 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
Next