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    and thousands of illegal immigrants have come from many different places. All of them have different desires. America is supposed to be the land of the free so why is illegal immigration such a big issue in America? For the past hundreds of years immigrants have flooded the shores of the United States‚ looking for a new life‚ a second chance. Many of these immigrants came poor‚ with little or no money‚ their only belongings being the clothes on their backs. These immigrants‚ with very little education

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    Immigration is the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. “Immigrants make up 13.9 percent of the U.S. population”. Immigrants come from all over the world they come to get away from poverty‚ horrible living condition‚ civil wars‚ economic‚ political‚ and social issues. As a class‚ we watched documentaries and interviewed an immigrant. The documentaries we watched we Salam neighbor‚ God Grew Tired of Us and Living on One Dollar. My group’s interviewee name was Mrs. Fricke she

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    Immigrants In The 1800's

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    struggles that immigrants have to overcome when coming to America. Immigrants had to get jobs to support their family and stay in America. They had to adjust to society and try to fit in with everyone. Also‚ making the decision whether to adjust to American ways or stay close to the life they maintained in their old country was tough. Multiple passages from O Pioneers and “Old Rogaum and His Theresa” show the hardships of immigrants in the 1800’s. Life in America would be easier if immigrants had an easier

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    In the late 1800-early 1900’s‚ immigrants began to settle in cities in large numbers. As a result of this increase in population‚ cities began to grow and change. People who come to life perinatally in a foreign country are known as immigrants. Immigrants came to america to start new and better lives. Immigrants came from all different countries but in the late 1800-early 1900’s immigrants mainly came from europe and asia. Immigrants would take a long journey to ellis island‚ where they would take

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    be a change in the way illegal immigrants are handled. Illegal immigrants should not be deported for unjustified reasons‚ but the United States border control should apply a stronger force on our borders. We cannot uproot the lives of many illegal immigrants that live in our country. Doing so would cause an uproar within our country. We need to find a way to satisfy the amount of illegal immigrants within our country. Putting a limit on the number of people coming into our country and keeping the

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    Sweden Immigrants

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    The group of Swedish people came to America mainly for job opportunities. They started to travel here in the 1840s when a group o pioneers started a migration tradition between certain areas in the United States. This caused what they call‚ colonies‚ to form in settlements including: western Illinois‚ Iowa‚ central Texas‚ southern Minnesota‚ and western Wisconsin. The population overgrowth in Sweden was a major reason for the people of Sweden to leave their home country. Religion beliefs and political

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    Employment of Illegal Immigrants Employment of illegal immigrants in the United States‚ as well as other countries has been a highly controversial subject for many years now. There are many people living in various countries around the world that are unhappy with the way they are living‚ and want something more out of life than what their country can offer. Due to their unhappiness‚ they decide to immigrate to another country‚ and this is usually done illegally. Once they are in their preferred

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    America has long been referred to as the melting pot of the world. People from countries all around the world seek a life in America where they look to capitalize on the opportunities available here and freedom to be the person they want to be. Immigrants bring a rich sense of culture with them in the form of myth and religious practices which have been imposed upon them in their homeland. Not all immigrants however mesh as well as others. South-Korean Americans travel here and often find a need

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    The Beautiful Life of an American Immigrant Rachel Mallahan Galen College of Nursing February 26‚ 2015 The Beautiful Life of an American Immigrant America is known as a melting pot of different people and diverse cultures. Millions of people flock to the United States every year to live their American dream or escape an institution that is unstable. With the rush of people from all over the world coming to America‚ there are many psychological differences and similarities between people. The

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    19th Century Immigrants

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    way to a huge increase of immigrants searching for job opportunities and freedom in the United States. From 1880-1925 these immigrants kept coming into the United States causing issues between them and the Americans‚ and with the government. Americans felt threatened and resented these New Immigrants for being different in culture and physical aspects‚ and for "stealing" their job opportunities‚ which in the end caused tensions between both groups. This increase of immigrants and increase in women and

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