When I say the word “immigrant” what comes to mind? A grown man trying to scam people of their hard earned money‚ a drug dealer who is on the run from the law‚ or a person trying to support their family and get a bright future? Do you think of a certain gender? Why do you think of these things when most of them are inaccurate? The answer is not clear at first‚ but once you dig deeper you can see the bias rooted in society. Most people who try to cross the border into this country are mistreated‚
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Discrimination against Vietnamese Immigrants in America Vietnamese did not magically appear in the United States‚ the Vietnam War sparked the immigration of Vietnamese to America. Vietnamese did not virtually exist in the United States until 1975 when the war forced Vietnamese to evacuate (Povell). The war began after Vietminh defeated France and split into North and South Vietnam (O’Connel). In 1956 communist Ho Chi Minh ruled the North Vietnam‚ and Bao Dai ruled the South‚ who the United States
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unknown was present through centuries of discovering the new world‚ outside Europe. The perfect example is the finding of the third world and the result of it – massive genocide of the Indian society. Nevertheless‚ is fear really the only reason of discrimination that lives throughout the world even nowadays? People of the modern society is now educated in the spirit of peace‚ bringing no matter to the color of skin‚ culture‚ behaviour … As we can see‚ that is not really the case. For example: France
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Immigrants flooded into the United States during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century‚ providing cheap labor‚ creating an economic boom‚ and making the United States a global superpower (Gale). Although immigrants enabled the industrial revolution‚ most Americans believed the immigrants were a threat: “They worried that the newcomers carried or spread disease‚ they were disturbed because the immigrants followed different religions and customs‚ and they felt outnumbered by the large
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1) Immigrant families in the United States Immigrants feel that their roles‚ beliefs‚ values‚ etc. are not as effective as the Unites States’‚ thus becoming stressful. “Therefore‚ in addition to the typical normative (e.g.‚ family transitions) and nonnormitive (e.g.‚ family natural disasters) stressors that families encounter‚ immigrant families experience unique stress and change relates to migration and acculturation” (Bush et al.‚ 2010‚ p.287). Immigrants feel that they have to change their ways
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throughout much of the history of the United States. The economic‚ social‚ and political aspects of immigration have caused controversy regarding ethnicity‚ economic benefits‚ jobs for non-immigrants‚ crime‚ voting behavior… Among all these immigrant groups‚ this paper will focus on three specifically: the Irish immigrants‚ the African-American and the Native-American. These three groups which lived the same experience of being from a different ethnicity‚ who had suffered from xenophobia and negative stereotypes
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Asian Immigrant Families in America The United States of America is a country founded and built by immigrants. Many people from all over the world has migrated to this country in hopes of building a brighter future for themselves and their children. America has always been viewed as the land of opportunity‚ and this is the reason why so many people have moved to this country. While all immigrants are faced with similar problems‚ some immigrant groups are faced with more difficult problems than
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many citizens are still in loathe of us immigrants‚ especially the president‚ Trump. He dislikes the fact that different backgrounds are flourishing in this country and will stop at nothing until we’re all gone. He criticizes all of us together with one’s mistake and label us‚ “rapists and criminals” even though he has no idea why most of us choose to come because some are here as refugees escaping from violent places to seek safety‚ while the majority of us like you and I‚ mom‚ are hoping to pursue
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Small businesses‚ including immigrant-owned‚ are an important factor for a progresive country. The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) reported that small businesses create 99% of jobs in the United States (US) (SBA‚ 2016). Small businesses are a substantial percentage of factors that stimulate the U.S. economy by creating jobs (Artinger & Powell‚ 2015). Immigrant-owned businesses have grown with the increase of immigrants in the United States and research shows that business ownership
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millions of immigrants have ventured to the country‚ the United States still maintains a welcoming attitude towards new immigrants. However‚ with such a vast amount of foreigners who desire access into the country‚ entry into the United States has become much more complex since the days of Ellis Island. As a result‚ this new century has given rise to another kind of immigrant: the illegal immigrant. Desperate to become a part of the booming American culture‚ thousands upon thousands immigrants have begun
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