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Personal Narrative: A Career As An Immigrant
Many immigrants came to the United States for different reason and for a new opportunity. They came to America for a hope of starting a new, better life since they probably had a rough life back home, or to get away from previous problems back home. Once the immigrants arrived they were first medically examined by the medical examiner, me. As a medical examiner, there were many immigrants I saw as they came to me to be examined if they where medically cleared from any diseases or health problems. The immigrants I examined came from different countries, some were tall, some short, some skinny, some fat, and they all were of different skin color. My job as a medical examiner was to fully examine each and every immigrant for any type of health

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