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Jose's Immigration Journey

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His assimilation process continued after graduating from high school, by pursing a higher education. First, Jose went on to Santa Barbara City College, where he decided to take on more English courses in order to keep on progressing and assimilating. At this point, he realized that all the sacrifice done up to this point would be worth earning a degree that would put him in other job markets, not just the labor force as most of the immigrants. After attending Santa Barbara City College for 3 ½ years, he was able to attain a Liberal Arts certificate, AA in Criminal Justice emphasis on Law Enforcement and transferred to California State University of Los Angeles in 2012, where he recently, in June 2015, received his Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology. He is a first generation college graduate in his family. My …show more content…

Throughout his immigration journey, he overcame a great deal of obstacles that he worked hard to achieve. I will now finish off my thoughts in regards to his immigration experience in the conclusion section.
To summarize, the paper revolved around three major sections. The first section revealed Jose’s life before his arrival to the United States of America. The first topic detailed in this section was his strong family connection due to sharing most of their time together, either working or having fun. The second topic showed me how living in Tijuana, Mexico, he was influenced the mixture of traditional Mexican and American culture due to living literally between the Mexico-US border. For example, his biculturalism was present by playing traditional Mexican games such as quemados and oyitos, but he also played American games such as baseball and

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