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    The American dream is to build or get a house, family, or job. Immigrants came to this country long ago in order to chase this dream. The American dream is different for everyone because some people came here to avoid a financial crisis from wherever they hailed from. While others came here in order to provide and care for their family. Most people that are indigenous to America or are born in America have the dream of being rich and/or famous, while foreigners just want a little bit of money because

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    Current Issues Many American citizens are responsible for illegal Mexican immigrants’ determination to enter the United States because numerous American citizen’s revenue money, drugs, and fame as a lifestyle which makes America the center of attraction for illegal immigrants to cross the border. It is clear that most Mexican immigrants transport an abundant amount of money payments and drugs across the U.S. border in return for more money so gangs and cartels can earn a recognized status through

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    Stereotypes Of Immigrants

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    Stereotypes of Immigrants Everyone in life wants a better life for themselves and their next generations. Many people in different countries are migrating to The United States for one or two main goals. Those two goals are a better opportunity for employment and education. Which in turn, accomplishing either one of these goals will provide a higher quality of life and a sense of importance for themselves and their family. However, Americans view the immigrants differently from what they are. Some

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    Unauthorized Immigrants

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    Even though I did not understand the magnitude of the transition from being an immigrant to a United States citizen at the time, I could tell by how my family reacted when my parents passed that becoming a citizen was a big deal. Since my parents migrated to the United States as authorized immigrants, they were eligible to take the U.S. citizenship test after some years of residency, but if they were unauthorized immigrants, the likely scenario is that my parents would still be unauthorized today, possibly

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    Immigrant Assimilation

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    Many researchers have studied the immigrant assimilation in the recent years. America’s ethnic groups have been expected to come together as one and into the mainstream of american society for decades. Immigrant assimilation is a complex process in which immigrants should not only fully integrate themselves to a new country but also lose aspects perhaps all their heritage too if necessary. Social scientists rely on a primary benchmark to assess immigrant assimilation which is socioeconomic status

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    Illegal Immigrants

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    many immigrants do not want to come to America, they are forced to move to America because they have no other option. Immigrants aren’t criminals crossing the border to bring in drugs or steal jobs, they are creating a new life in America. Immigrants are fleeing their country because of poor government, poor education, and crime. Immigrants deserve our sympathy, when pilgrims came to America, they too, were forced to leave their native country and hope for a better life. Furthermore, immigrants boost

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    Illegal Immigrants

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    2012 The Benefits of Illegal Immigrants Are illegal immigrants or undocumented immigrants beneficial to America’s economy? Most illegal immigrants have a positive impact on the United States (U.S.) economy. Illegal immigrants have a positive impact on the United States economy because they increase our tax revenue, they add to our social security, and they also increase our employment rates.” In 2000, statistics revealed 8.7 million illegal immigrants resided in the United States” (Knickerbocker

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    Immigrants To America

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    influx of immigrants who came to the United States during the nineteenth century faced xenophobic sentiments from everybody— commoners and government officials alike. Consequently, the immigrants who came to America in search of economic opportunity were attributed with the characteristics of filth, laziness, and inferiority. Accordingly, editorial cartoons of the time encapsulated these nativist views held by Anglo-Saxons. One such cartoon, “The Stranger at the Gate”, depicted a rugged immigrant carrying

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    Illegal Immigrants

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    Most immigrants in the United States can either be part of the middle class or live in poverty. Based on the results from Ruark and Graham, low-skilled immigrants are more likely to live poverty and lack of health insurance. In their research, immigrants and their children made up about 32% of those who lives in America who does not have health insurance (Ruark and Graham “Immigration, Poverty and Low-Wage Earners”) Without statistic data, one could easily draw out a conclusion: since immigrants cannot

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    Undocumented Immigrants

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    the start again. This is what undocumented immigrants deal with daily when crossing the border for freedom. Even though many immigrants are successful and without criminal activity, numerous Americans think they should be deported back to where they came from. Undocumented immigrants should be granted citizenship because this is all most immigrants have, immigrants improve the economy, and immigrants do not cause crime. To start, undocumented immigrant should be able to obtain citizenship because

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