First Generation Immigrant Family

Being a daughter of immigrant parents has never been easy here in America. Both my parents worked excessively hard to be financially stable. Unfortunately at the age of ten my life changed. I learned that my parents no longer loved each other. The arguing and fighting my parents had, only damaged me emotionally. I was too young to grasp the idea that my parents were separating which become one of the hardest times for my mom to maintain my siblings and I. Shortly after, I began attending church and fell in love with the idea of getting closer to God. Luckily, my life took an enormous turn the moment I gave my life to Christ. God has opened numerous opportunities for my education. I am proud of all the accomplishments I have achieved in high

Hello reader, I’m about to tell you a story of some of my life. I am not normally one to volunteer details about myself, which I’ll remain somewhat reserved or completely leave some events out of this autobiography. Nonetheless, I believe I can still make my story interesting for the reader. I was born 1979, in Tampa, Florida; which, is also the same day my biological father decided to leave my mother and I. My mother isn’t a native Floridian, but had moved there with her family when she was still an infant, and had spent most of her life growing up in Florida. Needless to say, my father leaving was not an exciting time for my mother and I. Although she was employed Jimmy Cater was president and had taken the nation into

As the daughter of an immigrant, I have witnessed the various barriers faced by immigrants, and this experience has motivated me toward my career objective. According to the Pew Research Center Hispanic Trends Project, there were about 11.3 million immigrants living illegally in the United States in 2013 (Passel et al., 2014). These immigrants come from all parts of the world for several different reasons. Whether to provide better resources for their family back home or to live a better life, these immigrants usually work in environments that can be harmful and dangerous to their health.

There were three lessons that my immigrant parents ingrained in their first-generation children: Work hard, never give up, and most importantly, give back. Among other life lessons they taught us, these three were the basis for everything. It would be the basis that would and will define me as a person.

It is not uncommon to hear one recount their latest family reunion or trip with their cousins, but being a first generation immigrant, I sacrificed the luxury of taking my relatives for granted for the security of building a life in America. My parents, my brother, and I are the only ones in my family who live in the United States, thus a trip to India to visit my extended family after 4 years was an exciting yet overwhelming experience. Throughout the trip, I felt like a stranger in the country where I was born as so many things were unfamiliar, but there were a few places that reminded me of my childhood.

Immigrant groups take refuge in America in hope of starting a better life for themselves and their ongoing generations. They take on the belief that upon coming to America, they will be presented by the riches and freedom granted by the “American Dream”. However, these opportunities are not easily achieved. Many immigrant families are challenged with the initial obstacles of having to adapt to the new languages and the customs of their environment. For example, without the basic knowledge of the standard English language, immigrants will not be able to apply for a majority of the jobs available. This puts immigrant parents at disadvantages because then they will not be able to provide the sufficient funds needed for allowing their children

My parents both came to this country at a very young age. My father was 16 when he first moved to the U.S. and my mother years later moved when she was 19. I am a child of immigrants and it was hard growing up. I consider myself a Mexican American or Chicana. I grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles and later moved to Las Vegas. As I asked my father what he had to deal when he first moved he said “people would discriminate me just because I couldn’t speak well English and because of my brown skin”. “I was only 16 and wanted to live the American dream, but it was more like hell in America”. A lot of people are discriminated every day just because they aren’t Caucasian/white Americans, but they’re still American they live here and have a living here.

This image raises the viewer's attention to immigration issues because it appeals to their emotions by portraying the innocence of children and, therefore, it tries to convey that something must be done against current unfair immigration policies that are affecting those who haven't committed any crime (children). This image also challenges the viewer to join the movement against the separation of families; it is a call to action against current immigration policies and it also advocates for changes that will benefit immigrant families.

According to Maidment and Egan ( 2016,153), the physical, psychological and spiritual dimensions are internal factors, whereas the social, structural and cultural dimensions are external factors, and the internal and external factors are associated and influenced with each other. Moreover, all of these dimensions need to be considered under the cultural context because “it will have a direct influnce on how the six dimensions of the whole system interact” (ibid.). The following context will analyze this framework in detail, and the immediate issues as well as the long-term concerns of Jason will be demonstrated.

Thank you for the response. It was mainly the communication or language barrier that was frustrating for me. It was a challenge at first talking to the healthcare providers. Some of them were annoyed when I keep asking questions to clarify or asked them to slow down when they speak so I could follow. I did mention “most immigrants are healthier than the U.S.-born population, but within one or two generations they become, on average, less healthy than nonimmigrants, most likely due to the adoption of unhealthy American lifestyles combined with systematic access disparities that prevent appropriate care of chronic disease” (Robles, Gutiérrez, & Avila, 2014, p. 18). I have observed that children of immigrants, who assimilate to the American culture,

There are many reasons why parents leave and to support our daily living or should we call them OFW's. In migration of parents there is a main factor that the parents should

The U. S. government has come up with programs for property investment and home ownership for foreigners. This program is interesting: Green card through investment - Entrepreneurs (and their spouses and unmarried children under 21) who make an investment in a commercial enterprise in the United States and who plan to create or preserve ten permanent full time jobs for qualified United States workers, are eligible to apply for a green card (permanent residence). You can become a permanent resident through consular processing if you live outside the United States. Consular processing is when USCIS works with the Department of State to issue a visa. Your spouse and unmarried children under the age of 21, (known as derivatives) may be included on your immigration

My family remembers very little of its immigration history. No one makes traditional foods and everyone speaks English. In fact no one even seems to remember where we immigrated from. I was curious about where my family actually came from so I had my mother, my grandmother (on my dad’s side) and myself take a dna test on ancestry.com. If you ask my mother’s side of the family (specifically her dad’s side) where they came from they tend to guess Germany because of their looks, and France because of their name, Larew. However, when we got the DNA results back my mom showed up as being 43% genetically from Great Britain as well as 13% Irish (making her a total of 56% British Isles) while only identifying as 28% “European West” which includes

There are a lot of topics in this course that have really opened my eyes and consider the world around me. I have never really thought about the different cultures and families around me, I have just always thought they were another person or group. The topic being focused on is Ethnicity, Immigration, and Family Life. What is the actual definition of Ethnicity? What I’ve been familiarized with is that ethnicity is the practice of different cultures by groups of people who identify with those cultures. By learning about ethnicity, it allows the involvement of all cultures coming together to learn about other cultures.

People deserve a fresh start and a healthy environment no matter the race, gender or religion. Immigrant families have many health problems and education problems before coming to America. This Community Project is for the parents of infants in an immigrant family by helping to educate the parents about the importance of immunization for the infants, giving them the resources they need to ensure that they are healthy, informing the parents about local citizenship classes, and how they can earn it. In many ways, this will benefit both sides, for the Americans and for the immigrants.