The Causes Of Migration To The United States

Immigrating to America, no matter where you are coming from, has its fair share of trials and tribulations. Immigrants have to go through weeks of traveling to finally get to America and then completely rebuild their lives in this new country. While most immigrants went through similar experiences when migrating to America, , such as, traveling by sea, fighting illness, and enduring medical checkups upon arrival in Ellis Island, their ultimate reasons for leaving their home country varied, by economics, politics, or warfare.

Although Immigration is a complex topic with many different factors, the most common reason for immigration is poverty and the hopes of building a new future elsewhere. In the past migration was largely caused by the fore-mentioned issue of poverty, social strife, war, or other political conflicts. As of today these things are still issues and in some cases political asylum does play part in immigration decisions. Globalization is defined as the tendency for business, technologies, or philosophies to spread throughout the world. Globalization is also a major factor in the decisions made before immigration, often times families and friends will eventually re-unite in one region in order to remain together. Living in a more technical world with an advanced society has brought us to the point we are at today, a nearly global community with more in common than in any century before. With the beginning of modern technology in the 1900’s came a more closely knit world, with more communication than what was seen in the past.

I interview my father who arrive to the united states from Mexico The major problem that motive my father to migrate to the U.S.A were as he mention on pages (1-2) was an economically problem has he said since he was a child he grew up in a farm with his parents and brothers and sisters and had many struggles since the only one that work was his father. My grandfather did all he could to give him an education and a better life that he had that’s the same idea he view for me when he become a father he was young and money was like the priority to care for the necessary that a child has, but to get money you need to have a job. With salary he earned at my grandfather farm he knew was not enough to support himself and a child and he could

Immigrantion is an apperance that people choose where they want to live; people from all over the world would like to immigrant to the countries such as Russia, Germany or Canada. There is no denying that many people choose to come to the United States and be a citizen of this country because America is the greatest country in the world so far. The United States as the largest population of immigrantion is a controversy thing; it has been talked by many authors; they gave their opinions no matter they are from this country or they are immigrants. Immigration has bring either bad thing or good thing to the United States; different people has different views such as every coin has two sides.

Some people migrate from country to country for multiple reasons. Some reasons may include the conditions of where they are currently living. For instance, poverty,violence, drugs, the government, poor educations and etc. For example Honduras has the highest murder rate in the entire world, and in that country there are people desperately trying

Millions of people have migrated from all over the world which results in problems and changes in families. This paper explores the immigrant experience in America, showing how immigrants dealt with hardships, adaptation, losing one 's culture and adaptation to the loss of one 's parent.

Immigration and the problems they face in the United States and when they travel to the United States are social issues that are increasing in the present years. The book “Enriques Journey” by Sonia Nazario, publichsed in 2002 and the film “Rape in the Fields “, producer by Pbs.og/Frontline; both exposed the risks and problems that immigrants go will coming to USA and when they are here. Although, they have they touch different issues the immigrant face: both have lots of similarities.

While the United States were determined to expand across the North American continent by exercising Manifest Destiny, there were a huge number of immigrants arriving into the nation. The sudden increase of immigrants entering the country led to disputes over who was American and who was a foreigner. Native-born Americans, specifically the nativist group strongly opposed the massive influx of immigrants coming from all different countries because the nativists were anti-foreign and anti-Catholic. These people were trying to form a distinction and limitation on who was an American citizen with rights. In the 1850s, the Know-Nothing Party emerged as a reaction to the migration of European immigrants. The Know-Nothing Party was a secret organization amongst members but slowly became known to the public as another political party. This political party resolved to limit foreigners and Catholics from participating in politics or holding any form of power in society. Thus, the Irish immigrants were mainly targeted because of their religion. Discrimination of the Irish based on religion demonstrates that British prejudices about the Irish and Catholics carried over into the New Republic.

Once America achieved independence, they needed to put in place laws that would protect the people from future governmental abuse. By doing so, they also needed to protect the people from religious abuse and persecution that was so popular at the time a major factor in the immigration to the United States. Allowing and promoting religious freedom encouraged people of all faiths to travel to America which led to the introduction of differing viewpoints. With the arrival of such denominations as French Huguenots, Catholics, Quakers, and others settling in growing numbers, colonies with established religions had little choice but to express religious tolerance. That is not to say that there no persecution among the settlers. Few colonies’ toleration

In 1850, the year saved and petrified many as the market of the Deep South rapidly skyrockets. Slavery was the holy grail for the economy in the south to survive to sustain production. Once every foreigner found out about the flourishing lands was advertised in the Texas by the impresario himself, Stephen F. Austin. Countless of outsiders traveled along with their families and slaves to gain property and produce crops such as cotton. Reason for the massive flood of families arriving in Texas was the crash of the economy and most of the citizens was in debt. Which this led for the migration of Anglo immigrants to enter Texas searching for opportunities and a fresh start. It did not take long enough for families and the poor to regain a tremendous

If I had to move out of the country I would bring many items with me. I would bring my cellphone, my laptop, clothes, a lot of pictures, makeup, shampoo, conditioner, and other personal hygiene products. I think pictures would be important to bring out of the country because you would wanna be reminded of your memories back in America. I would definitely bring my favorite blanket and pillow so I can always feel like I’m at home. I would bring my phone so I could always be in contact with my friends and family and so I could always entertain myself. I would make sure to bring the stuff in my hope chest. My hope chest has many items from my childhood such as old party decorations and toys. I’d love to bring my favorite movies because they remind me of home and who wouldn’t

In conclusion, there are many reasons for migration:better living conditions, more educational opportunities ,career advancement or even a search for new experiences and a fresh start in

Most migrants or refugees leave their countries because most countries where refugees come from they are brainwashed or forced to believe in one religion. They were abused and evan tortured and maybe killed. They came to the U.S. because they new or their parents knew that America was a land of freedom.

Many people migrate from one country to another or within a country. There are different reasons why people migrate and there are also things that can stop humans from moving, humans signify it as barriers. Many people have complex issues mentally and physically when they migrate, there are also factors that attract or drive out people from a place.

Immigration in the United States, has always been a contentious issue both in modern times and historically. Besides Native Americans, every citizen in the United States can claim their ancestry from an immigrant, but not all immigrants were treated equally. In particular, the Irish and the Chinese faced massive conflicts with the native citizens of the United States. These populations were seen as foreign intruders, criticized for their foreign culture, language, and, poor status. American citizens who felt strongly against their massive immigration numbers created state and federal legislation targeting their communities. The Irish and Chinese were targeted differently, but treated similarly as both were vulnerable to American xenophobia and placed as second-class citizens.