Critical Response Why do Immigrants Admire America? The story‚ “Becoming American” by Dinesh D’Souza is about why America is so engaging to immigrants. D’Souza shares his story of when he moved from Bombay‚ India to America. After reading the story‚ I found it fascinating that immigrants were very interested in America. According to the story‚ children carry heavy amounts of stones and the women carry heavy loads to their destination in the villages of Africa and Asia. Everyday these people
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The United States of America was founded and built by hardworking and innovative immigrants. Immigrants‚ whether legal or illegal‚ perform most of the dirty and arduous jobs that many native-born Americans are unwilling to perform. They are hardworking and taxpaying individuals that positively impact our economy and our communities. Many immigrants‚ especially illegal immigrants (those who enter the United States illegally or without proper documentation) work long hours and for little pay. There
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allowing illegal immigrants into America. Illegal immigrants should be allowed into America. Illegal immigrants are essential to the American economy‚ they contribute more to the government than they receive in benefits‚ and current immigration policies are discriminatory. An illegal immigrant is any person who enters the United States illegally‚ or any person who enters legally and stays past the time legally allowed. History has shown that prosperity follows immigration. Illegal immigrants have a positive
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Promise‚" 1901 Immigrants journeying to America by boat take in fresh air above deck. The vast majority of immigrants had to travel in the steerage class—dark‚ cramped below-deck quarters. The shipping companies that sold passengers steerage listed them as cargo on ship manifests. Many steerage passengers tried to escape the stifling conditions below deck by staying above deck Images http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/ImagesDetailsPage/ImagesDetailsWindow?total=291&query=BS+immigrants&prodId=UHIC&w
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American has the opportunity to achieve their dreams of having a successful and meaningful life. This started when immigrants first came to America and is still around today. The American Dream is just as valid as it was when America was founded‚ but depending on whom you are and what you do for a living‚ it may be more achievable to some than others. When America was first founded‚ immigrants from all over the world were coming to the country to see what it holds from them. People thought of it as the
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As an immigrant move to America. I have witnessed a lot of change in my culture for example when I was back in my home country my entire family will wake up at 6:30 am every morning and performed your religious prayers and the entire family will have breakfast together‚ after which myself and brother will leave for school. After moving to America everything changes because everyone one has diffident work and school scheduled this does not mean that were forget your traditional roots but were are
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British immigrants came to America because they wanted to escape religious and political prosecution. The prospect of a new life and owning some land was another major reason as to why the British came to America. One challenge that the British immigrants faced was being the first immigrants to North America and changing the culture. The British immigrants were responsible for some basic American cultural features‚ including language‚ laws‚ religion‚ education‚ and administration. They were also
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conditions of crops and your homeland are extremely poor. So you and your family decide what’s best for them‚ to immigrate to a new homeland called "America." You are sent on a two week voyage on the steerage of a ship‚ surrounded by illnesses‚ you are starving‚ tired‚ sad‚ and just can’t wait any longer. All you have is your aunt‚ and once you arrive in America‚ it isn’t what you expected it to be. You work 10 hours a day‚ 7 days a week for a job where conditions are unsafe and you are not happy‚ you barely
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an executive order banning 9 foreign countries from entering the United States. A majority of these countries are Muslim populated. We fear that we can not tell the difference between innocent immigrants coming to America for a better life and terrorist claiming that they too‚ are immigrants coming to America for a better life but in reality they want to destroy this beautiful nation.
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world-renowned restaurants‚ jazz and blues’ clubs‚ and universities‚ saw many of its neighborhoods flooded‚ even washed away by Katrina’s strong waters that breached the barrier of its levees. The extent of this catastrophe has triggered fierce debate over how the city should be rebuilt; taking into consideration the city’s population shift‚ economic emergency‚ and continued below sea-level vulnerability. Actually‚ there are some who think that the potential for a similar disaster in the future begs
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