Essay On Becoming An American Citizen

I had always dreamed to study in the United States of America since it is an extreme case to a lot of people around the world to have a chance to earn education the USA. I am fortunate to have this chance and I value that extremely. I had many challenges and barriers when I decided to come here to the States but I was very focused to earn a degree from here and I over came them in order to make my dream comes true. When I came here moving with my family to attend college that was the hardest part of moving away from my parents and other members of the family and friends. Back home, I was always known as a very social active person among women groups. I used to participate a lot in women clubs and activities due to women segregation in the society

Life is about making choices, but some of them can even change our life. Two years ago I decided to come to America for my higher studies in Western Kentucky University. Although I knew it was really a challenge to me, this significant decision that I’ve made was going to change everything about my life and me. There are many things in life that can change the course of a person’s life. It can either make a positive impact or a negative impact on a person’s life. It’s always best to have the positive impact though. For me I have had a positive experience that has changed my life forever and that is coming to a different land and culture.

There are many significant parts of my life that have had a huge impact on my personality, but there is one that has not only affected me, but has changed me for the better. My personal life changing experience was coming to America. For me, this bridge between my old life and new life is a shaky bridge that I attempted to cross and entered a whole new realm of life which changed everything. The decision about coming to America has taught me how to respect other people, be more responsible, and be more loving towards various friends and families. It has also helped me adapt to the new life that I’m about to begin. It was so unexpected. Out of nowhere my parents broke the news: “We’re going to America!” Living in a big town of Bhopal,

What does it mean to be American? It can be a "loaded" question this day and age, and the answer will vary depending on whom you ask. I am willing to bet that it would be hard to get a consensus even in a small group like our class. I suspect that's because the answer is shaped by many possible variables.

Becoming a U.S. citizen is a long process with a lot of requirements. These requirements take copious amounts of time which do not help lower the current illegal immigration population in the United States. In fact, “as of the year 2016, the United States population was 323.1 million citizens, approximately- 12.5 million of those citizens living in the United States are illegal immigrants” (Raley). In order for an undocumented immigrant to qualify for U.S citizenship they must meet very specific criteria. A path to citizenship is a long process, which in some cases can take up to ten years or longer. Before becoming a citizen of the United States, the recipient must be a green card holder for at least five years. If the

Another controversial assumption made by advocates who want to see a change in birthright citizenship is that unauthorized immigrants and their U.S. born children place a drain on many social resources. When an unauthorized immigrant has a child born in the U.S., that child has access to all the social resources that U.S. children born to legal citizens are entitled to. It is believed that undocumented immigrants do not pay taxes and come to America with the sole intentions of living on welfare. Evidence provided by the Social Security Administration, contends that there are taxes that cannot be matched to workers’ names and social security numbers. This is also known as a “suspense file” and it has grown by twenty billion dollars in recent years. Migrants and undocumented immigrants contribute more in taxes and social contributions than they will ever receive in individual benefits (Van Hook and Fix 2010). Immigrants earn about $240 billion a year, they pay about $90 billion a year in taxes but only use roughly $5 billion in public benefits (Van Hook and Fix 2010). In

Transitioning from the Democratic Republic Of Congo to the United States was a challenge that my family and I had to overcome. The main reason why we moved was because my father wanted a better life for my siblings and me. My father did not make enough money to pay for our education, food, housing, and other things. With the little money that he did make, he would give some to my mom so she could buy clothes and sell them in order to put food on the table. More often than not my mom was unable to sell anything so, we would go to my uncle's house to see if he could provide us with at least rice to eat with sugar. In my family's eyes, at least, the rice was better than not eating at all. One day, my father's friend called him and told him that there was a lottery game people were playing and if you won, you would be given the chance to go to the United States. My dad was the only one from my family who was allowed to play and after eight months had passed we were informed that we won! We were all so happy and ready to start a new life in America! The new excitement about moving to a better

Disputes has sparked between the correlation of citizens and crime due to the statement made by President Donald J. Trump. There has been a bias belief that immigrants have came to America and have consumed all the jobs and create a terror in society. There is a negative bias towards the immigrants due to the severity of crimes committed. Due to the negative bias, immigrants are deemed to increase the danger to national security and public safety. There is a large disparity between the total number of immigrants compared to citizens so crime rates are used to compare.

The Case for Birthright Citizenship was published August 11, 2010 in The Wall Street Journal by Linda Chavez. This article makes clear how Congress cannot change the laws on birthright because it would change the meaning of being an American, according to Chavez (2010). “Proponents argue the Fourthteen Amendment was passed after the Civil War to guarantee citizenship to freed slaves and that it was never intended to grant rights to the offspring of illegal aliens” (p.596). This amendment was created to give freedom to slaves, and allow them to become citizens, which permitted them to participate in society just like any other citizen. At that time, there was no limitation for people to becomes

Today the Society is split into three separately minded groups. In no specific ordering, the first is determined to believe that any one person born in the United States is a citizen and which means their parents should become citizens along with them. These are the ones whom obtain “birthright citizenship” (Raul). The second are firm believers in the only ones that should be citizens are the ones who go through the proper process of becoming a citizen and according to the article in “USA today,” it states that illegal immigrants are “having babies as a way to obtain citizenship,” which too many Americans “cheapens the whole idea of being American”. The last group is the “other” the ones whom are completely neutral or believe in the

Garrett Epps begins to tell a story about about driver speeds along a road over one hundred miles per hour. A police man pulls over the driver and asks him for his license and registration. However, the driver tells the police that he can not produce a license and registration because he is a child of undocumented parents, and according to Trump’s claims, those who have parents who are undocumented are not subjected to American laws. Trump argues that the fourteenth amendment’s citizenship clause does not provide birthright citizenship to the children of undocumented aliens. Section one of the fourteenth amendment tells us that “All persons born or naturalized in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the state where they reside.” Epps communicates that in one of the policies of birthright of citizenship, to be born in the US gives the birthright of citizenship. However, a small fraction of the legal world, including Trump, are fighting for an improved “original intent” of the fourteenth amendment. These select few argue that undocumented aliens and their children are not subject to american laws. However, as expressed by John Yoo, “almost all aliens in the united states, even citizens of other nations, still fall within our jurisdiction while they are in our territory.” Otherwise they could commit as many crimes as they wanted without the fear of punishment.

Every year hundreds of thousand, legal and illegal immigrant from around the world come to United States. These immigrant have many different motivations, some enter the United States hoping to get a chance for a better life, and other are refugees escaping war and prosecution from their home country. Many people believe the United States is a best place to go because there is more freedom, protection and benefits. Some believe the large number of immigration is affecting the current citizens of the United States. Others believe that immigration can be dangerous to the environment which blame as crime, poverty and overpopulation. In fact there would be no America if not for immigration because everyone and even the “Native American” is an immigrant from other country who first settle here on

Life set out many pathways and opportunities for your better future so that you could be a better person and could have better life, coming to America from Pakistan was a life changing experience for me. At the age of 15 when I first came to America it was A hole new experience for me I was able to experience those things that i never even thought in Pakistan. I meet new people and they all are really good and they love to help each other. When I came to America i saw a lot of advancement in technology everywhere, which showed me how intelligent people are here and that made me more excited to learn new things here in America.

‘All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside’(Feliz). Also known as birthright citizenship, the 14th amendment was originally ratified to free slaves and to allow automatic citizenship to a child born in the US, but now it is to keep slaves of another country out. Central Americans are not making enough money to feed their family, so they attempt to cross the border into the US for a chance to work. In most cases, pregnant women from Central America or Mexico cross the border in order for their child to become an “anchor baby,” which many believe will increase their chances of becoming a citizen. In the Sonia Nazario’s biography, Enrique’s Journey, The US should not repeal the 14th Amendment, instead, be altered so illegal immigrants caught will be given punishment equivalent to their “unwelcomed” stay in the US; however be given a chance to pay for specific rights of the Constitution such as the right to live, work, and access to food stamps. Using this method, it will reduce the strain on taxes, sustain family relationships, eliminate doubts or rumors about anchor babies, not cause complications that come with removing birthright

Becoming a citizen of the United States is a very lengthy process. Not just anyone can become a citizen of the United States. There are many requirements and responsibilities to becoming a citizen, whether it is of the United States or any other country. Being a citizen of the United States is a very special privilege. The people who do become a citizen should be very lucky and proud to be the citizen of the United States. Even though they do become citizens of the United States they shouldn't forget about their own country either, but share the joyfulness.