Coming to America

life in America. Last month, we finally arrived in NY and had to make it through a place called Ellis Island to get approval to live in the United States of America. You know how hard Mom and Dad worked on the farm in Ireland. Now, they are working even harder with less pay. The sadness that Mom and Dad faced in Ireland when the potato crop failed last year was very rough. We had to move here because we would have starved to death without our crops. Mom and Dad thought coming to America would bring

The United States has been home to thousands of immigrants, whether they are documented or undocumented. The debate that will be discussed is whether or not undocumented immigrants deserve to stay, and who should be granted amnesty for coming here illegally. On one side, it is believed that those who have been residing in the United States for a long period of time deserve to stay and gain citizenship. However, on the opposing, it is argued that it is not morally right for these people to stay because

Ever wondered why America ad to to join world war II? Pearl Harbor was one of the worst days in America, it is what made America join world war II. Pearl Harbor was a horrible, and killed thousands of people. There was a bunch of ships sunk and a bunch airplanes taken down. Sadly the America didn't know that there was attacked coming for them.("Pearl Harbor attack") Pearl was a surprise attack by the Japanese in America and it was by airplanes. The surprise attack was on the morning of December

Immigrants often think that America is a land of opportunities, but immigration to America may not be what it seems. “The Legend,” by Garrett Hongo, is a poem about an aged immigrant who is financially struggling in life. However, he is happy with his new life as an immigrant in America. Towards the end of the poem, while the old man is doing his laundry, he gets shot in the chest and is killed. Garrett Hongo’s poem, “The Legend” explores the theme that alienation can alter adjustment to life through

discuss. The family members I have chosen to talk about are Vittoria Pace and Salvatore Samuel Lenza. Vittoria Pace was born in 1883 in Terrini, Italy and arrived in America in 1906. Salvatore Samuel Lenza was born in 1875 in Naples, Italy and arrived in America in 1902. Vittoria Pace and Salvatore Samuel Lenza both came to America on ships and both came for better opportunity because Italy did not have much at the time. Many members of my family have been involved in Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice

late 1600s and the 1700s. At the beginning, it started out with the English coming to the colonies looking for a better life, but that did not work out too well. From there, things started to get worse and worse. However, there were some positive impacts on European immigration to the colonies. However, none of the positive impacts can change what had occurred around the 1700s, the beginning of slavery. In exchange of coming to the colonies, the English had to work for about four to seven years with

that we take immigrants and offer them a new, and improved life. Also known as the promise of America. To me the most significant and relevant details from the text is when Franklin O. Roosevelt said "Left behind old customs, old language, old friends. Looking to the future" That's when i realized that when immigrants move here they are putting their whole lives and their future on the "promise of America." My next example is from the poem "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus. And from this poem comes

Furthermore, the methods of dealing with immigration throughout the United State’s history has continued with little significant evolutions, barring contemporary technological advances that has allowed for the sophistication of accounting who moves where coming from where and in what number to a supreme precision. These methods are largely putting quotas on the number of immigrants allowed from a particular area or sovereign state, naturalization time allowances, purpose of being in the United States, advantages

this paper, I would like to address both for and opposing views on this topic. Also, how ethics plays a role in social media when discussing Immigration. Immigration to the Americas started prior to the 19th century. The first Immigrants who came to the Americas where slaves who were brought here against their will. America

and have the same strong intentions for the economy, society, and country as a whole, without having greed and naive as a factor. Personally being first generation Mexican American, my parents gave up their lives and careers in Mexico to come to America looking to the “American Dream.” My perfectly legal parents are currently struggling even more now than they were back when they first lived here as documented immigrates. The cost of living, school, gas, housing, food, just about everything has raised