The achievements made by new immigrants are extraordinary. Many Asian born children take advanced classes in high school, and are excellent in math and science classes. Immigrants have contributed to the economy by opening small businesses, and creating jobs. Immigrants work undesirable jobs day and night that pay them a minimum wages. America is no longer a biracial society who struggles to end the gaps between black and white; it is now a multiracial society who grapples between the ethnic diversity…
During the late 1800s, there was a huge increase of immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe looking for opportunities in America (Doc A). Majority of these foreigners were victims of religious oppression, famine, and instability caused by political issues. To them, America was a beacon of hope, the land of opportunity, and a haven with open doors for them. But soon they would realize the hardship of surviving in the new world because of their inability to assimilate to the new society. Although the immigrants experienced some success in assimilation through job opportunities and free education, there were still; however, discrimination, and lack of action from both the newcomers and the Americans that proved to become a great obstacle…
The United States of America, what we call the land of the brave and freedom does not belong to anyone but to Native Americans who were here before anyone else colonize it. Immigration began in the 1850s by European immigrants and, now in the 20th century we see it with Latin Americans and Mexicans. These groups have some common things, both of them want a better future, education, and lifestyle as Nancy Foner makes a great point on her article “Who They Are and Why They Come” about a strong reason why they come to the U.S. “It has always been too simple to see immigration to this country as a quest for liberty and freedom. Nor is the move inevitably an escape from hunger and want, as the occupational backgrounds of many of today’s newcomers…
The grass is not always greener on the other side, which is the case for many immigrants migrating to America. Coming to America by Gibbs and Bankhead, A Hyphenated Identity by Harry Kitano, and as well as the essay Wandering Between Two Worlds, One Dead, the Other Powerless to be Born by Ramon S. Torrecilha are all detailed works of writing about the hardships immigrants had to overcome becoming a citizen or already being a citizen of the United States. I believe that many people have an overwhelming expectation about America and take the notion of it being a free state to literally. Countless of immigrants minds assume that once they move to America they will have the opportunity, the success, the romance, and when it is all said and done several immigrants just think of America as an utter disappointment.…
One of the many hardships immigrants had to overcome was that of appalling living conditions. They did not make enough wages to afford anything remotely close to comfortable living. However, as Jacob Riis states, this does not corrupt immigrants, however it "is a powerful argument for the optimist's belief that the world is, after all, growing better…" Immigrants use their poor living conditions not as an excuse but as a lightning rod for growth and expansion. They use it as a way to better themselves because they started from the bottom and are working their way up. This challenged American ideals because the majority of Americans did not think it was possible for people to cross social or economic boundaries. Americans also especially did not want the immigrant population to do so because Americans did not see immigrants as equals both socially and economically.…
For as long as America can remember, throughout the years, hundreds of thousands illegal and legal immigrants from all over the world come to the United States. Of the thousands of immigrants that come into America, they each have many different reasons and stories. Immigrants come to the United States, some to better their life and to go after opportunity’s that they could not do in their home country. Others are refugees and have no other choice but to flee their home country due to the wars and persecution. Over all immigration has held a major role in shaping our country, it promotes cultural movement of people and positively keeps the economy running in ways like increased employment and student graduating rates.…
America has always been a free and open country to people that live in other terrible countries. America is made up of all kinds of people from all over the world. America is based on immigration. Life for immigrants used to be hard. They would come to the United States with no money, The government has a lot of programs to help immigrants get started with a new life when they come to the United States.…
When one place has better resources, opportunities, and living conditions than the current place, it makes sense for someone to migrate to the better land. That better land in today’s world is the land of opportunity-- America. This nation is one founded on immigrants. The founding fathers came from Europe with hope and ambition for a better life for them and their children. Today, people immigrate for the same reason. The difference is that immigration is now looked at with a negative eye. Immigrants now are often blamed for the hardships of American citizens. Immigrants receive accusations of stealing the jobs of American citizens. They also face discrimination and are under represented in congress. Immigrants are also blamed for overwhelming democratic support, which deteriorates the accuracy of who the American citizens want for president. Despite all of these negative views on immigrants, immigrants are not actually that bad for America. People who see immigrants as toxic for America fail to remember all of the times they have benefitted America. The benefits Mexican immigrants bring to the US outweigh the harm they may bring.…
America has always been the choice of land where most of the migrating families will settle into. Immigrants left everything they had and knew behind to come to this new land of opportunity. Whether the reasons were economical, religious or oppression from their respective government, they wanted to be part of the great new world that was being developed west of the pond. A new world where all immigrants were welcome with open arms, where freedom was the common goal and everyone wanted to succeed.…
There is a reason why every nationality, race, ethnicity, and other backgrounds from every corridor of the world has travelled far to come to the United States of America, it is because it is the "land of opportunity." You want to start a business, at any time, go right ahead. (In fact, in European countries, they actually control when, what, where you do with your business). Want to access to a affordable, adequate education? Go right ahead. Want to freely express your speech, thoughts, religion, etc. without social or cultural repercussions? Go right ahead. As you can see there is more doors to be open in this nation than any other country.…
Immigrants play a critical role in our nation, boost our economy, and know that citizenship is morally right decision. People of all ages have been continuously fleeing their countries from war, persecution, and poverty. Immigrants have been willing, immigrants have been hardworking, and immigrants deserve the right to become a U.S…
To the person asked that sees the positive in immigration, there are a ton of benefits to having them in the country. They see the immigrants in the country as a positive addition to our country. Those who have jobs, help boost the demand for local goods, which not only helps the immigrant but the community as well. “Immigrants boost demand for local consumer goods. “According to the 2010 American Community Survey, immigrants earned a total of $1.1 trillion, and the Immigration Policy Center estimates that the purchasing power of Latinos and Asians, many of whom are immigrants, alone will reach $1.5 trillion and $775 billion, respectively, by 2015. (Whitehouse)” They, like other American’s that have jobs, shop, and buy, helping the business get their daily sales. Immigrants also have a higher percentile, of those who own businesses. “Small businesses owned by immigrants employed an estimated 4.7 million people in 2007 (whitehouse.com). Therefore they not only help others, but they are also supporting each other in order to increase our economy. But to the person that is opposed to immigration this might strike up an argument.…
America was founded by people who wanted to avoid persecution and immigrants seeking a better life. “They came to us speaking many tongues-but a single language, the universal language of human aspiration.” (Roosevelt 10) Every year, hundreds of thousands of immigrants, legal and illegal, from all around the world. come this country. These immigrants…
People immigrating to America today face a lot of obstacles. For example it may be hard to find a job because they may not be a skillful speaker yet and will also be competing against the millions of Americans looking for jobs. In America there is a total of 4.9 percent of the population unemployed, that of which 7.2 percent are college degree owners. For a newcomer it has become more difficult job searching because many high end jobs that people go to college for have been taken, leaving those people with degrees having better resumes for low end jobs. Also If a foreigner has trouble with speaking English the job may also be more biased as in they may be seeking out more fluent speakers.…
The Untied States of America is commonly labeled or thought of as the melting pot of the world where diverse groups of people flock to in order to better their current lives. In our countries history this has proven to primarily be our way of living and how the people as a nation view immigration. However, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries this open door mentality was quite the opposite to what the majority of people felt towards the idea of welcoming these huddled masses. Immigrants were not seen as equals or people willing to work hard for a better life but rather a diseased parasite that would suck the prosperous and prestigious life that the old immigrants had become accustomed to. American nativist groups during this time period acted in a hypercritical manner with the impression that open immigration would, in the end cause our country to be overtaken and overrun by a far less superior race.…