The Role Of Migration In Borders And Hope

The progression of people into and within the United States has had an essential impact on the nation, both intentionally and unintentionally. Progressions such as The Great Migration and the Second Great Migration are examples of movements that impacted the United States greatly. During these movements, African Americans migrated to flee racism and prejudice in the South, as well as to inquire jobs in industrial cities. They were unable to escape racism, but they were able to infuse their culture into American society. During the twentieth century, economic and political problems led to movements such as The Great Migration and The Second Great Migration which impacted the United States significantly.

While reading The Immigration Kaleidoscope: Knowing the Immigrant Family Next Door I could not help but think back to when I was working in the restaurant industry. A lot of the kitchen workers had immigrated to America from various countries but mostly Mexico. One of my favorite coworkers Anna, who moved to America from Mexico to send money back to her family, forcing her to leave her young daughter behind.

The Great Migration was a massive movement of African Americans from the South to the North from 1863 to 1960. The largest spike in this migration occurred from about 1910 to 1920.

Without The Great Migration, or the migration of African Americans from 1915 to 1970 from the south to the north, the north would have suffered economically (Wilkerson 8). Specifically, without the Great Migration, the north would have faced extensive job shortages, that would have eventually led to economic turmoil. One cause of The Great Migration was the need for southern African Americans to take industrial jobs in the north. Furthermore, during times of war, many men were removed from the workforce, meaning that the north needed additional workers to fill the now vacated spots. (The Great) The north needed the southern African Americans in order to fill these slots, and without them, the north’s economy would have suffered

The Great Migration brought about a massive redistribution of the African American population throughout the United States. It transformed black ways of life, art, and institutions, as well as the demographics and cultures of many American cities.

Immigration remains the foreground of the United States; this happens to be one of the reasons it is known as the land of opportunity. Since the beginning, immigration has been a key concept in America, immigrants could settle down without fear of persecution. However, modern laws have seized this foundation and twisted it in such a way that it is a crime to migrate to the United States, under certain circumstances. Now, there only exists few options for immigrants to be naturalized and made permanent residents or citizens, which has left several with no other option except to break the law. This has caused an abundant number of undocumented immigrants to settle down in places, near the borders of the United States, such as Florida and Texas. The border states are closer to many of these immigrants’ home countries so they do not have to pay as much to get to a state such as California, which is another reason for the abundant number of immigrants in these states. Illegal immigrants should be allowed to reside in border states as they boost the economy, they offer inexpensive labor, and they make these states more culturally diverse.

African American’s somewhat silent non war revolution of migration to the North and Midwest of the United States which started roughly in 1915. The Great Migration of African American’s was sparked by work labor shortages during World War I. Until this point of mass relocation to the north and west, the majority of African Americans have primarily resided in rural areas of the south. Thousands of opportunities arose in large urban cities and towns across the Northern and Western United States. This migration is also said to have sparked the civil rights movements as well as shaped sports and music. These opportunities and the

America is labeled as the land of dreams, where every single person is supposed to have an equal shot at becoming something greater than he or she are at that moment. This land is filled with dreamers trying to make a living and to make their “American dream” come true. Most of them are immigrants. What is an immigrant? What makes someone an immigrant? Nowadays, an immigrant is a person who is not a citizen of the country he or she are living in and are on a visa or the lack of one. According to Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State, a visa is “...a travel document issued by the traveler’s country of citizenship.” It is a sticker that is applied on the passport and it gives one port of entry to legally enter the country that he or she has chosen. There are essentially two different kinds of immigrants, legal and illegal. But in this country the amount of attention the illegal immigrants get is outrageously massive to the legal immigrants, who have worked extremely hard to get here and most likely spent fortunes to come to this land. This bitterness comes from the author, a legal immigrant. She has been living in America for around fifteen years now out of her twenty year life and she is faced with an option that appeals to no one. If she does not receive her green card, permanent residency, by the time she turns twenty-one, she will become an illegal immigrant and would have to leave her family and life behind because on paper she is not an “American”. Who is

According to many local news sources, such as CNN, the border is more secure now than it has been for the last four decades, but, how good is it really when in 2016 more immigrants crossed over the border than they did in 2015, just around 6% came in. In addition to that, according to the United States Census Bureau (Document A), since 1940 immigration has been spiking and won't stop going up in the amounts of people that come in. Legal immigration is exceptional, but the flaw in other immigration is that 60% of immigration is done illegally.

As a kid from a suburb around Minneapolis, Minnesota it isn't very often you think about the borders. But as college student you must grow your boundaries and learn about new ideas. Something I never thought about before reading an article for my freshman composition class is having your culture be subjected and made out to be strange as well as looked down upon. In the essay “Living On The Border: A Wound That Will Not Heal” by Norma Cantu I got to understand how people on the border have exactly that happen to them daily.  In this essay Norma Cantu writes about life on the border, and how it is a hard one, but the culture of the border is necessary to make America a more diverse and accepting place. Norma Cantu’s argument

Dating as far back as the revolution, Americans have always rallied around the concept of change. Occupy Wall Street, though a unorganized protest, has successfully created a stir throughout the nation by demanding modifications to society. Among the many appeals, the demonstration insist on “open borders migration” which would enable easier immigration between countries, in this case it would be Mexico and the United States. Republicans and Democrats are split on how correctly solve this seemingly unsolvable issue. The Republican Party is in no way attempting to meet this demand; however, the Democratic Party’s is trying to implement reforms in the immigration process, which is a step towards accomplishing the protest’s goal. I believe that the best way to meet Occupy Wall Street’s demand is to have a mix of the two parties’ solution. This conflict between the two parties is significant because it can lead to a complete halt in creating a solution.

After watching the films, I noticed a few similarities between the films. One example from the films is between “el Norte” and “Under the same moon”, both films show the struggle of immigrants go through when wanting a better life for themselves or their families. During the Norte film, the producers explained how an immigrant tries to cross the borders themselves, yet once they fail, they are left with the options of hiring a coyote to help them get across. I also saw that connections in the film “Under the same Moon”. In that film, the producers wanted to show their viewers that any age group would have the difficulty of going across the border. It also shows how children are much easier to be crossed , since they are much smaller , but also

Immigration has become both a controversial and widely debatable topic in contemporary governmental affairs. Within David Miller’s Immigration: The Case for Limits, we are faced with many trivial ideas on what constitutes the opportunity for people to legally immigrate to where they please, how matters are dealt with in the case of refugees, and to what level we hold everyone’s right to make a living. As I was investing myself in Miller’s book excerpt, I became aware of several debatable and agreeable content sections that stuck out to me. For instance, Miller states that “There is something fundamentally unfair about a world in which people are condemned to relative poverty through no fault of their own when others have much greater opportunities, whereas if people were free to live and work wherever they wished, then each person could choose whether to stay in the community that raised him or look for a better life elsewhere.”; I believe that Miller is correct in stating this fact due to the idea that everyone is entitled to make themselves the most well off that they can. However, a problem arises when Miller states that the basic rights consist of freedom, security, etc., and proclaims that freedom of movement is also a basic human right. I find fault in this because for most Miller’s conversation about immigrants (excluding refugees) it seems as if he is approaching the scope without putting his previous statements into perspective. He seems to contradict himself when

How much does a line on a map define us? To a marine it makes all the difference in war. It’s one country against another. To animals political lines don’t matter, as long as the land is inhabitable. Thomas King tells us in “Borders”, that some people will keep their national identity no matter the circumstances. Adewale Maja-Pearce wrote “Loyalties” to show us that it doesn’t make a difference what heritage you are, life will still be the same. These two stories explore the concept of nationality and why it is or isn’t important. In these stories, the authors use the same techniques such as dialogue, setting and tone, yet they send completely different messages.

In the Second Edition of Servants of Globalization: Migration and Domestic Work, Rhacel Parreñas examines all of the challenging aspects of the lives of migrant Filipino domestic workers. Throughout the interviews that are included in this novel, the author was able to analyze different cases filled with personal struggle and familial support using the perspectives of many determined women across the diaspora, mainly focusing on those to travel to work in Western Countries. In this paper, I will briefly summarize the first three chapters, bringing to light the most important aspects the Parreñas included. I will then discuss the methodology used in her convincing global ethnography, before I include both the advantages and disadvantages to