Midterm 1, Essay 2, Question C Response If I were an immigrant coming from a foreign country there would be many questions racing through my head. How different will this strange new society be from home? Will I meet new friends? Will the people treat me with respect? Do they have good food? Are they accepting of different nationalities? How will I provide for myself? Am I making a mistake? Will I ever see my home country again? How will I communicate with my family and friends back home? Will I be able to communicate with those in my new country? These are hard questions to ask, and even harder to answer. I could image that many immigrants have faced these questions with both excitement and fear, but more importantly, with hopes of opportunity. …show more content…
This would then create opportunity to provide for themselves and their family and to offer education to their children. An immigrant could also look forward to aspects of my life that I take for granted. This includes a safe place to sleep, running water, clean water, a roof over my head, and food in my stomach. An immigrants travels could also provide shelter from a war torn country or a new start for someone who has never found success in life. Of course, there are many cons as well. Immigrants can face many dangers when immigrating to a new country, and it could be very costly. Once they got to their receiving country, work would most likely be hard work and only consist of a low skilled job. An immigrant at many times could feel lonely because they are being deprived of their home culture and customs. They would have to re-learn all the norms of society and even most likely a new language. A new set of manners and perhaps even a new set of ethics to make it in the new world. They could have no idea where to go. Socially they could be disrespected and unwanted by others in their new community and have a hard time making friends and run the risk of never seeing their family
From an economic aspect, immigration is somewhat beneficial since it increases the US work force and it’s economy. According to Camarota Steven on his testimony’’ Immigration and the US economy’’, immigration overall increases the economy of the US due to the fact that more workers and more people mean bigger GDP. He also pointed out that the impact of immigration of the seize of the economy is not a measure of the benefits of natives. That means that regardless of the benefits of natives, Immigration is a tool to increase the economy of the US. On the other hand, it can be detrimental to the US economy. In fact most of the immigrants work “under the table” which make the fiscal
America has, is, and will always be a nation of immigrants: the great melting pot. In the years that have passed since Emma Lazarus' poem was inscribed on the Statue of Liberty "the golden door" Americans have seen times when the door was open wide and times when it was close shut to most immigrants (Sure 4). Many people look at the present immigration problems as a purely modern dilemma. The truth is America has always struggled with the issue of immigration, both legal and illegal. Changing times, however, makes it imperative that our government reexamines and adjusts today's immigration laws to today's standards. Those standards, however, are not easily defined. Too often the issue of
Immigrants going back to their native country would also benefit me in my native country as there would be a reduced population in the country and an increase in labor market to fill the gap left behind by the foreigners. Therefore, when there is an increase in the flow of immigration in the country there would be higher incomes for other productive factors which are in complement with the immigrants but also it will lead to lower income to other factors that create competition with the immigrants.
An immigrant that is coming to the United States has the emotion and perception that draws to a country of opportunities; that will live in a country that will be friendly. However, most of the time, immigrant do not know that they are coming to live in a different culture, and because of that, they need to experience and adjustment in many ways, and an adjustment that will help them to do many things with confidence.
People come to america, expecting somewhere they can better their lives, but in current circumstances, America is not a land of opportunity for immigrants, and women. There is the fact that It is difficult to have a good life in America for immigrants, Women in America don't have as much opportunity as women in other countries, and Immigrants don't have as much opportunity with job and economics as they should.
The issue of immigration has become a major debate for everyone. Although people argue over the negative impacts of immigrants living in America such as overcrowding, less jobs due to immigrants taking them, drug trafficking, and threatening of American culture, immigrants still have a huge impact in the American society. The United States is by far the largest destination for immigrants, annually receiving over a million legal immigrants and about seven hundred thousand illegal immigrants. Many people come to the United States to get a better life for themselves as well as for the education system for their children.
The United States has been a host to a wide diaspora of people. Immigrants have had to transition from their familiar land to a new-fashioned foreign land that they must consider home. They bring with them the essence of their initial homeland such as customs, traditions and beliefs that inadvertently change the dynamics of culture within the United States. As a result the United States is an extremely culturally diverse nation. The continual changes or accretions that Americans encounter have always been a controversial topic depending on the experiences of individuals and communities that have immigrant populations. This essay will critically explore
Many immigrants feel the same way about the things they leave. I know I did when I left my home country of Bulgaria. My parents were hoping to provide my brother and me with a brighter future by moving to the US, the country where anything is possible, or so everyone said. It was 1998 and I was thirteen. I still remember the day we left and how hard it was for my whole family. Through tears, I said goodbye to all my relatives and friends whom I cherished and loved. I felt as if the whole world was closing up in me. I was being taken away from everything I knew and everything I loved. The cool breeze of that autumn day rushed through me as if foreshadowing a hard and cold future. The moment came for us to get on the plane. I wanted to stop time and run away, back to everything I knew. But that was impossible; the choice of turning back did not exist. As I was going up the stairs of the plane, I looked around at the airport and its surroundings. I looked and saw the warmth and light of the familiar places. I took a deep breath of the air around me, knowing it was the last time I could sense it, and went in. It really was hard for
This essay will focus primarily on the immigrants and their struggles faced in America. As it has been noted, many immigrants who come to America seek economic opportunity. Their goals of advancing and becoming successful at times can be over turned by discrimination. As seen in the essay from literature reviews and intensive interviews, the struggles faced by American immigrants are discovered. However, the goal is to explore the various acts of discriminations and look at how some immigrants have preserved.
America is traditionally a country of immigrants. Very few people today have relatives who were Native Americans, many of them because of religious persecution, and others because of they were just looking to start a new life on the exciting untouched frontier. For instance, in Florida, the first arrivals were European, beginning with the Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon who explored the land in 1513, following French and Spanish settlement during the 16th century. From the past, America was seen as a country of opportunities. People from all over the world have moved here looking for better opportunities. There are a lot of reasons why immigrants should live in this country, but I would like to mention three of them.
The United States of America has millions of illegal and legal immigrants more than people that born in the country. Our country has received many immigrants since 1600s with the pilgrims and continued in the time of industrialization. Many of those immigrants were searching religious freedom and better opportunities. But they faced racial discrimination, low pay rate, and didn’t have opportunities to find better jobs. Now in our times, people still immigrate illegal and legal in our country. They are people just like us and they need to be treated right and fair. The United States should help illegal immigrants to have the same and equal rights that citizens and shouldn’t be punished for where country they come from.
Immigration offers economic benefits to the United State like slavery for an example. In history when the first English settlers came to America, they traveled to Africa and the Caribbean to seek slaves. These slaves were captured and brought against their will to the United States to farm for white
Perhaps the most interesting perspective would be an economic one. Economics is a branch that is concerned with the production of wealth, as well as where it all goes. One of the biggest concerns with immigration is the effect that it has on American wages. Many do not support immigration because they believe that it reduces the wages of people born in America. However, this is not the case. A survey done in 2010 argues that immigrants actually boost the wage, and up the standard of living in the United States. The reason it does this is because immigration actually fills the jobs that employers need filled. While they work in the United States, they also create it. The more people there are the higher the demand will be. Of course there are economists with different views, but this gives a good example of how an economist would think. Rather than looking at what kind of people are coming in, they would look at the profit that they would bring in if any. Another way an economist would look at it would include looking at the welfare state. It is a big debate whether immigrants take more out of the system or give more. This is another issue that economists take into consideration. Studies show both ways on this issue. Some show that it costs the United States more to house immigrants and other studies are completely opposite. Bryan Caplan, an economist from George Mason University, believes that it is completely beneficial to let
The culture of every ethnic group is beautiful in its own way and worth cherishing. Today, America is known as the great melting pot not for the number of immigrants it has but rather because of the wonderful cultures and traditions the immigrants brought with them. Immigrants do not need to forgo their mother tongue, significant celebrations or customs to become American. However to be socially accepted, they will need to learn English, take part in celebrating national holidays and fulfill their patriotic duties Americans like every other U.S citizens.
Once you have relocated to a different culture then the one you are used to look for the rules and laws of the culture so you will not make a mistake and wind up in the place where they will mistreat or kill you for any means necessary. The joy of relocating to a different culture is that people can see how they live and act, the new religion and the food of the new culture will fascinate your mind. Also the main reason why to relocate to a different culture is that the children will be open-minded to a diverse in their lives and will be challenged later on in