Unjust Treatment Of Immigrants In The American Dream

There were many reasons motivating the immigrants to come to America. A few of them were mainly being free, and having better jobs. So economic opportunity, and religious or political freedom. They wanted to be around a free atmosphere, where they didn't have to be controlled and follow rules. Another reason was because they wanted to be reunified with their family. Some of their family had already ventured out to America before them, and told them about America's benefits and they decided to follow along. America's land was cheap, and had an abundance of hiring jobs. Once immigrants heard about this they were ecstatic and immediately planned on coming to America. For the abundance of jobs America was hyped up in many countries as the 'land of opportunity'. Really the motivation for

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.

Allowing immigrants to enjoy the American Dream has been a controversial topic for quite some time. Many people argue that immigrants should not be able to enjoy the American Dream simply because they are not American. Others argue that anyone should be allowed to enjoy the American Dream because everyone deserves a chance at success. Immigrants should be allowed to enjoy the American Dream because American is a free country, immigrants can’t help what situation they were born into, and immigrants positively contribute to the American business community.

But, omnisciently speaking, both entities faced severe scrutiny and criticism from United States and international citizens for their capitalistic business practices. Furthermore, a vast number of American citizens, mainly teenagers, had been killed over Nike Air Jordan sneakers because of their high price tag, while the cost to produce the shoes were rapidly declining due to Nike’s unprecedented offshore production. Bill Bigelow’s, The Human Lives behind the Labels: The Global Sweatshop, Nike, and the Race to the Bottom accurately portrays this capitalistic mentality when mentioning, “children as young as 6 are ‘sold and resold like furniture, branded, beaten, blinded as punishment for wanting to go home...’ For pennies an hour, these children work in dank sheds, stitching soccer balls with the familiar Nike swoosh and logos of other transnational athletic equipment companies” (Bigelow, 113). What is most disturbing to fans of Nike and Jordan were their comments and proposed remedies on the matter. Essentially, Jordan did nothing to curtail the number of kids being killed for his shoes and, as far as his affiliation with capitalistic Nike, Jordan did not want to cause any kind of rift between himself and the corporation that made him millions

Since the start of the twentieth century America has attracted people all over the world to relocate and start a new life. For many coming to America was a chance for a better life and new things. They all had something in common, they all had a dream, that dream was the "American Dream". In the present day the desire to achieve the dream hasn't changed. However, the idea of the American Dream, brings up a lot of questions. What is the American Dream? Who defines it? Can it be achieved? Lastly, should everyone have a chance to achieve it?

America gives immigrants a chance to find a job, and get an education. Like Oscar Wao he came an went to Rutgers’s University to better himself and get away from the societal norms in the Dominican Republic that they were trying to force on him. Many come here and “Americanize” to fit in and our values seem to take over. Oscar “Americanized” when he applied for a school in America and did what pleased him and not necessarily his family or friends raised in The Dominican Republic.

The American dream, for many, can mean more opportunities for a better life, a fresh start, or a chance for unrestricted freedoms that other countries do not provide for their people. It is supposed to allow people a shot for equal work, fair pay, and equal rights under the Constitution, as long as they become a United States citizen. It is given the reputation for allowing all American citizens to be able to pursue a fair and equal chance for success, in the United States, whatever that success may look like to that particular person. That was the intention of course, but in reality the American dream is not always the idea that many claim it to be. Despite most American's best intentions to try and treat immigrants equally, there are some residents of the United States who cannot get over their sense of entitlement or privilege to

Ever since this country was first discovered and settled, people from countries all over the world left their homelands and migrated to the “New World”. People from Spain, Germany, France, England and Asia traveled great distances to reach a new land of opportunity, to perhaps escape religious persecution or tyrant rulers. For centuries America has been viewed as a place for a fresh start, a place where anybody can come and begin a new life and follow their hopes and dreams. Even today people come to America for the exact same reasons that they did all those years before. However unlike the immigration of our ancestors, the immigrants of today aren’t able to just come here and do what they

Ever since America was created, the American Dream has been a blessing from our country. Every person starts equal and becomes successful depending on how hard they work. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness all embody the American Dream. But how harder do some people have it compared to others, specifically immigrants? The American Dream has overtime become morphed into something more bias towards US citizens than it once was, and has made it harder to achieve for immigrants.

Every year, millions of people immigrates to America. In 2014, 1.3 million foreign-born individuals moved to the United States, with an 11 percent increase from 1.2 million in 2013(www.migrationpolicy.org). According to the statistics, America has the highest number of immigrants flowing in the country. Main reason why people migrate from their homeland is their quest to promote their lifestyle among the best. Immigrants settle in America, hoping to become one of them, to gain the opportunity to regain their prestige , to attain rights of freedom to choose their desirable profession, and to have the chance to work with others, proving that America treats everyone equally.

The "American dream" is different for every person. To some it means financial success, to others it means freedom of expression, while others dream to practice their religion without fear. The "American dream" is a complex concept providing immigrants with the hope of better life. The U.S. government provides the environment and resources for everyone to pursue their dreams. Each year millions of people around the world apply for the Diversity Visa lottery program provided by the U.S. government, however only a few thousand people are lucky enough to come here. America is the place where people are judged by their achievements instead of having references or connections. Even though the American economy is in recession and the

Immigrants move to the United States if their other homeland has a major sickness going around, bad government, or sometimes the U.S is just a better place. The U.S can be a game changer to people , imagine the people’s condition in Costa Rica they just got hit by two major hurricanes. So most of their houses are destroyed ,and they all move to the U.S to start a new life.

The 1900s hit hard for the generation of Asians that came to America, and for future generations to come. Many of the immigrants were either Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Vietnamese, or Indian. The term Asian American tied these groups of people together for political reasons. After the earthquake of 1906, Asian immigrants were granted access if they were related to a citizen in America. This exception caused records to be falsified. These people were referred to as “paper sons/daughters.”.[1] Upon the arrival to America, Chinese immigrants went through a screening process in the early 1900s, but that ended later in 1965. They came in search of a better life with more opportunities. The opportunities they hoped to find was advertised as “the American Dream.” Over time, separate generations that have been treated equally as bad have evolved in their way of combating racial inequality. These methods were mainly nonviolent, but would it have been more effective if the protestors took a more violent approach?

For many migrants their dreams of coming to the United States to fulfill their goals, work and study what they like is to become today in unfulfilled dreams. All who came became full time worker because they are the only help of their families the country they are original have to put food on their families tables and sometimes to provide money for housing or a small business.

Immigrants have been dreaming about the promise of America for hundreds of years, but only the brave have proceeded on to become true Americans. No matter what language you speak, everyone can convey the message that they want freedom of some sort.