Immigration Struggles In America

An immigrants is someone who moves to a new place permanently. A new culture and a new start of life is just the start of the challenges that are faced by immigrants along the way. Some of them can be overcome with some hard work, others are harder to resolve. Throughout this essay I will be looking at the different struggles immigrants face to see if there are any ways in which they can be overcome. As the number of immigrants increase year by year it is important that there are ways for them to start of a new life in America with fewer challenges to face and that there are opportunities for them to seek help. The different areas that immigrants find it hardest are: trying to get a job, getting educated, trying to afford a home to live in,
For them trying to get a job to be able to provide for their families is a struggle. A lot of places of work do not take them on due to the language barrier, having no documentation, being uneducated or their lack of experience. This is difficult for them as in order to be able to buy food, have a roof over their head or get anywhere money is needed. In saying that, there are jobs that they are able to get but are low-pay jobs (Garrett, 2006). That suggests that to be able to afford to survive and provide for a family they would have to work extra hours which would put more strain and stress on their lives for working hard for long hours only to get little in return. There are cash in hand jobs they could do also which means documentation is not always needed if they were in a situation where they did not have any. Some may even work a few jobs just to be able to get some income in. This puts a lot of pressure on them also and may leave them isolated or feeling down. If the immigrant is not a English speakers then learning English would be very helpful for them when trying to finding a job. If they have English it is believed that more jobs would be available for them that would presumably pay more which would make life slightly easier for
This is another of the countless tribulations that undocumented immigrants have to face. ‘…[Immigrants] are afraid of being deported.’ Nunez (2014), also points out that, ‘…people will avoid seeing the doctor or reaching out for services such as legal guidance when it is needed most.’ This just shows how dangerous it is for them if they would not even try and seek help because they are trying to avoid the chance of being deported. Immigrants who have the correct documentation are normally able to receive health care just like other citizens, except with more paper work, but it is a lot harder for undocumented immigrants to. A lot of immigrants will also have the struggle of not being able to speak English and in this situation that would add to the challenge as there could be mis-communication between the specialist and patients (Nunez, 2014). That could lead to misdiagnosis which could lead to more damage than good. This is an issue that can be overcome to some extend for documented immigrants by learning English. However if they do not have any documentation it would be a struggle for them to receive any