Can I be an immigrant if I was born an American? I’ve asked myself this question countless times to determine if my experiences have molded the person I am today and would I be different if I grew up in this country. I vividly remember landing in LAX and telling my mother, “Mira mama es un platillo volador” (Look mom it’s a flying saucer) as I pointed to the Theme Building below. I was born in Sylmar, CA but as a baby, my parents decided to take me to live in Zacapa, Guatemala for eight years. Despite, given the opportunity to attend school I preferred to help my mother work by visiting different towns offering food, clothes, medicine or anything that we could sell. Early on my mother instilled that if you didn’t work you didn’t eat and with that mentality I found myself bartering with vendors at the age of six! I’d visit “El Panadero” (the baker), and I’d smell the aroma of freshly baked bread, and he’d welcome me by saying, “Ya viene el Americanito” (here comes the little American). On cue, I’d ask for the price of bread, and he’d respond with twenty Quetzales, and I’d haggle the price down to eight Quetzales after …show more content…
Once in Los Angeles, I was astounded at the large streets(freeways) that stretched for an eternity, the huge buildings that touched the sky and still I missed my home. I started at Encino Elementary school and recalled the teacher introducing me to class, but I didn’t understand, and the children all looked different to the kids from my home. I didn’t speak English, and I vividly remember children would approach me and call me “stupid,” and I’d stare and smile as they walked away laughing at my
Immigration has existed around the world for centuries, decades, and included hundreds of cultures. Tired of poverty, a lack of opportunities, unequal treatment, political corruption, and lacking any choice, many decided to emigrate from their country of birth to seek new opportunities and a new and better life in another country, to settle a future for their families, to work hard and earn a place in life. As the nation of the opportunities, land of the dreams, and because of its foundation of a better, more equal world for all, the United States of America has been a point of hope for many of those people. A lot of nationals around the world have ended their research for a place to call home in the United States of America. By analyzing
There are bombs exploding that sound like drums. Guns shots that sound like the ring of bell and the screams of the fallen soldier that sound like all hope is gone. Families are being separated and taken from one another, not knowing if they will ever see them again. They have to move to another country, and try to adapt to the new language, the new food, the new clothes, and the new people. While dealing with all that they have to try to be accepted by these new people who don’t understand them and their journey. This is what immigrants have to endure when war has struck their home. Immigrants face many challenges when they are adjusting to their new life style.
I always kept in my mind how my father worked day and night for little pay to provide for my family. Seeing both of my parents struggling as two young immigrants trying to provide a home for two kids was the fuel that kept me pushing forward. I am the oldest, so naturally responsibility was placed on my shoulders. I had to take care of my younger brother, while my parents worked. I also served as a translator for my mother who spoke very little English. My parents barely received education in high school, so I helped my mom and dad with most of the paperwork. I remember writing letters for immigration, employers, lawyers, and to the court for several family members.
This final paper will examine Homeland Security and Foreign Policy, and the legislative action that May, Can, and Should have stabilized immigration and naturalization conditions in both, the social economy, and the economic system in the United States of America. This final paper conceptualizes the worldview between Immigration and Naturalization. The research will examine the National Origins Act of 1924 (NOA), the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 (EQA), the Hart Cellar Act (HCA), also known as, (aka) the Immigration Bill of 1965 (IB) and the problems. Political alternatives will be compared, and contrasted on What the government May, Can, and Should do, also what are the effects in the long run? Certain key words will transition the
The changing environments throughout the ages have caused the movement of thousands of families out of their homelands. Whether forced to make such decisions or doing so by their own desires, all immigrants have had to survive the physical and psychological challenges encountered along the way. To speak about the experiences of all these different people using the same ideas and examples would be quite inaccurate. They all, however, had to live through similar situations and deal with similar problems. Many of them succeeded and found the better future they were looking for. Many others found only hardship and experienced the destruction of their hopes and dreams. All of them were transformed.
It would be important to begin by understanding who an immigrant is in order to understand how to go about performing the interview. An immigrant can be described as a person male or female who leaves one country to live permanently in another according to (immigrant- definition, 2015). There are different reasons as to why an individual immigrates from his/her country and go live in another country different from what he or she is accustomed. These reasons may include war, discrimination, political oppression, better opportunities for both economic and political just to name a few. Therefore, knowing that there are various circumstances that lead an individual become an immigrant, it is important to be sensitive
I find nothing absurd regarding my habits. I’ve simply engaged all of my talents towards one goal, to know everything about everyone. By acquiring information about each and every person, I can avoid the devastation of which I encountered throughout my childhood. Authority and society have been the target of my schemes, from the start. To me, authority resembles a sham; people fail to acknowledge the tragedy that awaits them, and society fails to acknowledge its corrupt system.
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.
Immigration is when someone moves from their home country to live permanently in another country. A huge reason why someone would immigrate into the United States is to get away from religious problems, get away from wars, and to get a better job. Some immigrants have a difficult life after arriving because most immigrants can not speak English nor understand it. The use of the documents that were provided to us was to show the amount of immigrants who came to America and to show reasons why they came to America. Even though it was hard for the immigrants when immigrating into the United States I still think that it is worth it.
It is often said that America is a nation of immigrants. Generations have drifted to the United States in hope for opportunity and liberty, and have also helped this country become very wealthy. Many illegal immigrants left their country in hope for a greater life in America. These immigrants have brought their culture to the U.S. They have made a new America by changing economy, work and culture for the better.
“Mom, will I ever be treated as a regular person? When will I be like the others without people look at me in a strange way and make fun of me, when mom? When?” Those were the questions I did to my mom almost every day after getting home from school. Fourteen years ago that my parents brought me to this country offering a better life with better opportunities than where I was born. I was seven years old when came to the United States, but I still remember the happiness I felt when I first step in this country. Throughout the years, I have realize that not everything is easy and simple as I imagined. My parents worked in the fields because of the lack of a social security and not knowing how to speak English. Many Americans do not know how hard it is the life of an immigrant, they should have a consideration for us and not just blame us for the deviance of the United States.
I grew up in a middle class family. In a three bedroom ranch house. My parents were married the whole time until my dad’s death 6 years ago. My twin sister and I were never the fashionable ones are parents would take us to the outlets to get cloths so we never really fitted in with the in crowd. We also did a lot of shopping at thrift stores.
Most Americans place their pride in being apart of a country where a man can start at the bottom and work his way to the top. We also stress the fact that we are “all created equal” with “certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” (Jefferson 45) During the early 1900s white Americans picked and chose who they saw fit to live in America and become an American. “Those that separate the desirable from the undesirable citizen or neighbor are individual rather than race.”
I open the door. I feel sick. I’m nervous and my stomach’s turning. The room is lined with neat rows of desks, each one occupied by another kid my age. I walk in and sit down in an open seat, kids awkwardly staring at me. It’s my first year in 9th grade, second month in NJ, and my first year in the United States of America.
For many of years, there have been immigrants from all over the country that come to America. Since 1865 to even today, immigrants come from different countries to the United States for many opportunities at a better life for their family and more jobs. But since then, a lot has changed now for the people that want to come to the states. There has been positive and negative changes for immigrants in America. They differ from the countries they migrate from, to the kinds of jobs they work, and the different laws that’s been passed from the 1800’s to today.