Life Of The United States

As the words of our founding fathers, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is the American dream that many pursue, whether immigrated to the United States or born here. Within Demetria Martinez’s book, Mother Tongue, a novel, the character named Jose Luis flees from El Salvador to the United States in order to escape it’s brutal civil war. His choice to flee El Salvador and enter the United States under a false name places him in a difficult situation, both in his moral abandonment of his home country El Salvador, and for crossing the United States border illegally. The position of Jose Luis can be dissected into the need for borders, the asylum process into the U.S., the reason why politicians reject immigration, and the potential

The reason why Africans were considered better slaves than Native Americans was because the Indians outnumbered the colonists, were defiant, tough, and were on their own land. Africans on the other hand, were already considered slaves by Europeans and thought to be helpless when captured because they were completely separated from their

much work it would take to become a citizen José just left. He was too lazy to go through the process. José called Jesuś and told him that he wasn't going to work for his citizenship, he would just go without instead of putting in the effort. Due to his laziness José suffered when immigration found out about him.

In the article of “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas, he tells his story from the minute he arrived in America. Vargas first arrived in this country by a lie. He was told by his mother to get on and get on a play with his uncle, which he had never met before at the age 12. Over the course of his life, Vargas soon discovered he had come to America as an illegal immigrant. His grandfather Lolo and Lola took him as his own to care and provided the basics in life, to have a better life than in the Philippines. Vargas took it upon his mission to be successful in school and hope that the hard work would pay of and become the American he wanted to be.

Jose Antonio Vargas, courageous author of the essay “Outlaw”, contributes a first-hand life story to the boiling pot that is the argument over immigration. He recalls his own story chronologically, beginning with the month and words spoken by his mother on his day of departure over twenty years ago. He justifies the reasoning behind his leaving by retelling almost every illegal immigrant’s initiative, a craving for “a better life”. Vargas takes the reader on his journey, piggybacking through his fight for citizenship. He explains the numerous obstacles he’s had to bob and weave around and the laws he’s had to duck and cover for. On paper, Jose is the perfect American citizen, loved by his teachers and bosses a clean cut right side of the tracks

Have you ever wondered how it feels moving to a new place where everything the language, the culture and the people are different? Do you know what it is like to leave everything you like and love behind including your family, your friends, school and much more? For many times, people from all over the world comes to the United States looking for a better future-- new opportunists and by doing so achieve the American dream, for themselves and also for their family. Illegal immigration is a major problem that affects the United States. For almost twenty-five years, Maria Gonzalez lived in the United States without a legal status. Her husband and two children are all U.S citizens. Even though she is the wife and the mother of U.S citizens, it is hard

Democracy is the feat on which the united states prides itself. This democracy was built over the ages and over many events through trial and error. By analyzing the history of the Monroe Doctrine, the two elections in which Andrew Jackson was voted a president, the theory of John C. Calhoun, and the Cherokee Nation vs Jackson trail we can arrive at the strengths and shortcomings of the American democracy in the period between 1820 and 1836.

In August 29, 1999, a young student felt the need to leave his own country to migrate in the US for a better way of living. The idea to come to America seemed to be a difficult step to take, and also very complicated at the same time. But with a democratic President in power, everyone always think the possibility to find ways to adjust their status while leaving here is a no brainer. However, once reaching the shore illegally, there’s no turning back; whoever crosses that fine line, would definitely feel the weight of the laws of this great nation

This article focuses on the good and bad consequences of illegal immigration, and the many laboring hours these illegal immigrants struggle through in order to earn minimum wage to support their families. One example of an illegal immigrant trying to provide enough for their family is Cristina Melendez. "The 36-year-old mother of seven was desperate. Her bank account had been at zero for months, the refrigerator was nearly empty, and she didn't have enough money to cover the rent," In Nation’s Breadbasket states. There were many things that lead up to Melendez not having enough money to provide for herself or her family of seven, one of those reasons being the fact that she lived in the country illegally, but this all started with her father, "who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in the late 1970s to pick oranges."

Most “early immigration laws were instated in order to control the composition of the US population”, such as the Naturalization Act and Chinese Exclusion Act (Retrieved from connection.ebscohost.com) (Immigration Restrictions, 2016). But in 1990, “Congress made it illegal for the US government to deny entrance into the United State based on political beliefs, ideologies or associations” (Retrieved from connection.ebscohost.com) (Immigration Restrictions, 2016). A law that President Bush had proposed in 2004 consisted of a “guest-worker program that would document current illegal aliens and allow them to eventually apply for citizenship”(Retrieved from faculty.polytechnic.org) (Amnesty Arguments Pro and Con, 2016), but the senate did not pass this bill. Later, the senate proposed a similar bill (similar to Bush’s bill), which increased border security, de-criminalized illegal immigration, allowed a guest worker program, and provided amnesty for illegal immigrants (Retrieved from faculty.polytechnic.org) (Amnesty Arguments Pro and Con, 2016). Once again, this bill failed to pass due to the public’s protest. In 2007, a new bill “granted the same asylum to current illegal immigrants by providing them with a Z visa to remain in the United State”, a fuming public protested the bill, and another bill was defeated (Retrieved from faculty.polytechnic.org). (Amnesty Arguments Pro and Con,

In the reading, “Why We Love TV’s Anti-heroes” by Stephen Garrett, he points out that anti-heroes are becoming more popular than the traditional hero. Garrett states, “the word hero is abused in the news, the sports reports, and even in conversation” (318). For example tabloids recognize someone who battles a drug addiction and overcomes it or a substitute kicker for the football game kick the winning field goal (318). You see he argues that traditional heroes are “boring” and that there are no longer any more real heroes (318-321). Anti-heroes are characters or people who are just evil but still get the viewers to like

When it comes to financial stability, how stable would you consider yourself to be? The truth is, the majority of people are not really sure which of the economic class systems they fall into. Many believe they are better or worse off than they actually are, not truly knowing how the other economic classes live (Francis). Economy is defined as the system in which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought in a country, along with the careful use of money and resources (Economy); based on this definition, it is safe to say that economy is very closely related to the financial status of a country. Over the years, the United States has accumulated more debt than any other country in the world, therefore meaning that its economy is decreasing. So with all of this being said, how important is having a good financial status? The financial status of a country generally determines its allies, trade items and cost, and likelihood of coming out a war successfully. Since the United States and its citizens are becoming financially unstable, the public needs to focus on improving the country’s economy because the United States needs to reclaim its authority and power.

My family was going through a really hard time during that time. My father was not able to provide enough money to sustain all nine of us, and me being the only man out of the nine of us, I felted the responsibility to help him out. During that time, one of my uncles was planning to crossed to United States and so I crossed with him”. I followed by asking him how old was he when he immigrated and if his parents supported his decision. He began to count from the year he was born to the year he immigrated, “eighteen” he said, and “no, my parents didn’t not support my decision but I didn’t listen to them”. As the interview kept going I was engaging more and more to know about Jose’s life. I followed and asked him of his expectations of the United States and if he found what he was expecting. He answered my question by telling me that he expected what all immigrants expect of the U.S. He expected a change in his lifestyle and he expected better job opportunities, and the chance to help his family in Mexico. As to if he had found what he expected, he replied, “Si(Yes)”, this because of the freedom and the ability to change a lifestyle that the United States provide to immigrants. Jose also mentioned that he was able to help his family economically. I than asked him if there was anything that made him feel connected to his homeland culture and if so what was it. Jose answer my question by stating that on his arrival to the United States, he

The birth of The United States of America brought together a very diverse group of people. All of these people belonged to eleven different nations. Each nation had a very different culture it was known for. However, one similarity between the majority of these nations is that they aligned themselves with one of two political parties. These parties were based off the cultures of the two major nations: Yankeedom and the Deep South. In American Nations, Colin Woodard explains how Yankeedom and the Deep South struggled for power in the past and will continue to in the future.

I believe most of us have been to a foreign country at least one time in his/her life. Visiting other countries during vacation is a typical way to explore new cultures as well as new places. However, there is no feeling similar to the fact that you are going to live in a foreign country by yourself. A country you know no one living in. What makes this feeling even harder is what you hear about that country. Is what we hear about the US true? Or is someone trying to get advantages from distributing unreal thoughts about the US? I keep asking myself these questions and yet I have no answer.