After immigrating to the United States, the biggest obstacle that I struggled with was learning English. In my new school, I had a hard time communicating with my classmates and teachers, and I strained every nerve to understand what people were saying. Constantly having to deal with language differences and new surroundings made me feel anxious and tense. I remember the first time that I had to do a group presentation, and I was extremely nervous. Every single person in my group could fluently present our ideas. However, I was the one that spoke at the speed of a turtle and with a terrible accent that nobody could understand. Therefore, I decided to conquer this barrier by studying harder in English. The first step I took to overcome this
Moving from Jordan to the United States was challenging for my family. I was the only child at the time and my parents primarily spoke Arabic in the house. The elementary teachers I had described me as a timid student, because I could barely speak English. I had difficulty with simple reading and writing, while other students went through class with ease. Needing extra tutoring classes and years of being in ESL was exhausting. However, learning how to read, write, and speak English fluently was only the beginning of my journey.
The United States of America was founded on the principles of immigrants becoming citizens to chase after the dream. Immigration plays a pivotal role in the development of the country through assimilation of those immigrants into society providing diverse skillsets needed in the job market. Many economist claim that a benefit to allowing more legal immigration would allow for more economic growth which would help tremendously chop off some of the $16 trillion dollar debt the nation is currently in (Furchtgott-Roth, 2015). While many illegal immigrants do not pay federal income taxes due to them not being in the system, they still have to pay state and local tax (Mooney et al., 2015, p.284). Companies would not have to worry about paying higher
Jose advices people who are thinking to immigrate in the United States that they should because of the opportunities, but to work hard and accomplish the goal they are coming for. For example if they come because of poverty then they need to make sure they accomplish something that will help their family back home. Because, why will you leave your family to immigrate to a new country and in the end do not do anything to make a change or impact in your family.
Expat. Expatriate, from the Latin ex ("out of") and patria ("fatherland"). Someone living in a foreign land. Immigrant. From the Latin immigratum ("go into", "move in"). A person who comes to a country to take permanent residence.
Approximately one million Mexicans migrated to the United States during 1900 and 1920 according to the historian Rodolfo F. Acuna whose book, “Occupied America: A History of Chicanos,” this essay conceptualizes its thesis. By 1920, Mexicans accounted for more than 10 percent of all immigrants in the United States. In 1800 census the Mexican population in Texas was 43,000, in contrast, the 1900 census placed the number at approximately 165,000. Interestingly, the number of Mexicans, both American-born, and immigrants, were more than the Euro-American population in some counties, for example, they comprised 55.5 percent in El Paso County (Acuna 77). The high number of Mexican immigrants to the United States was a combination of pull and push events. After the 1910 Revolution, economic happenings in Mexico stirred the immigration to the United States. Push factors which further accelerated immigration arose from the limited economic prospects after the revolution. Before 1900, events such as the Railroad networks in 1880, the racist
American Immigration Policy has had a major role in the United States. Immigrants has introduced many different customs, inventions, and entertainment. A lot of Americans do not recognize how greatly America has been affected by immigration. Immigration started beginning between 1840-1890. They came from countries such as Ireland, and Germany. Later foreigners from Italy, Russia, and Poland started to come to migrate to America. Most of these people were poor and did not speak any english. The Because of immigration many were angry because wages became lower but immigrants had a greater amount of disadvantages. Immigrants did not adapt well to the American they often created their own owns that looked like where they were originally from. They
The United States is both a nation of and built by immigrants. The former implies that the “golden door” that Emma Lazarus spoke of is responsible for the fabric of American society while the latter suggests that the nation’s immigrants contributed to the United States’ rise to global leadership. During a conference at Princeton University on Military Man Power and American Policy in 1942, Dr. Edward Mead Earle stated that “[m]an power is a definite factor in the world balance of power, and, what is more important, it is a constantly changing factor…the nature of these changes and their probable effect…should be thoroughly understood in order that the national interest may be safeguarded…” Today, the Correlates of War project applies this same logic in explaining the factors that indicate national power. Three of those indicators — military personnel, urban population, and total population — are directly influenced by immigration.
No one enjoys leaving their home, but when calamities occur there is sometimes no choice. Due to political and natural disasters, such as the earthquake in 2010, the number of Haitian immigrants in the United States has increased to 700,000 in the last 30 years. Many of these immigrants were encouraged to come to America for safe keeping until the year of 2018. Most of these Haitians have plans to stay in the country illegally. Very few of these immigrants have understanding towards the American life. To help them become legal, the United States can create an adaption program to aid immigrants in acquiring abilities to speak English, maintain economic stability, and provide workers for the United States.
Coming from a new country I had to face many challenges. All these challenges made who I am today. When I came to the United States in 7th grade, I barely knew how to speak English. The language barrier posed a serious problem for me. I found it difficult to interact with people. Adjusting to a new country was no easy task. When my family and I came to this country, we knew only one other family. It was even more difficult for my parents who knew virtually no English. They had to learn how to work and provide for me and my siblings in this entirely new country with a completely different culture. Despite having a better background in English, it still took me over two years to become fluent in English. Although coming to America and having
When immigrants are coming into the United States they are leaving a country and culture that they have lived in most of their lives. Learning about a new society, language barriers, living and working among strangers, and coping with their hardships are some struggles that immigrants face. However, because the United States does have a great diversity, there are many groups of people that can help with the adjustments. According to American Progress, there were 13.5% of the population that were immigrants in 2015. These people with very little skills come to the United States for a better work experience and to be able to pursuit their American Dream. According to the article “Immigration is good for the U.S economy” written by A. Barton Hinkle
Every year there are thousands of immigrants that come to the United States for a myriad of reasons. Many, if not all, come to cash in the promise the U.S assures, the promise of a chance at unconditional acceptance, improved lifestyle, and unified beliefs. All those things is what America offers, and thousands definitely take that offer.
Did you know that almost 59 million people immigrated to the United States in the past 50 years?My topic is the best ways for people from other countries to adjust to living in the United States.There are many ways for people to adjust to the living here.People can get a tour of places in the U.S.Then there are websites that can help them find a job,a place to stay,and all types of things they need to get their life started in the U.S.
Day in and day out, immigrants work hard to achieve permanent residency or citizenship in the U.S. and live in constant fear. While some Americans understand the importance of immigration and believe immigration strengthens the American society, others are taking it to social media to express their humor or anti-immigration feelings. A few are even going to the extent of approaching certain people of immigrant groups and attacking immigrant groups with foul language and violence. One such incident occurred just a few months ago in February. Adam W. Purinton, a white Kansas resident, was kicked out of a bar because he was questioning two Indian bar patrons’ immigration status and throwing racial slurs at them. Angry Purinton went back to the bar with a handgun that same night and shot the two Indians killing one and wounding the other. Later in court, it was said that Purinton shot them “because of their actual and perceived race, color, religion and national origin.” Not even two weeks later, an Indian-born man was outside his house in Seattle when an attacker shouted “Go back to your own country” before shooting him in the arm. Incidents like these are leaving many Indian immigrants worried for themselves and their families. As an Indian-born immigrant myself, I feel the need to address the importance of Indian immigration, the basic immigration process, and some underlying struggles the immigrants face.
Immigration has been a precedent since the first visit in the early 1700- 1900’s made by Peter Minuit and the negotiation of the purchasing of the island of Manhattan in 1626 with the Algonquian Indians. (Bankston III, 2015). In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law H.R. 2580, Public Law 89-236 (79 Stat. 911). “the Immigration Bill (1965). The bill recognized both the importance of lawful immigration, and the challenges of unlawful immigration, and repaired a very deep, a painful flaw in the fabric of American justice, corrected a cruel and enduring wrong into the conduct of the American Nation (Johnson, 1965).
I am married, unemployed and parent of a newborn child. My spouse lives and works in another country, since he does not have documents yet, to enter the U.S . We are planning to apply for his immigration documents but we cannot afford it yet. My spouse does provide me financial support, $500 every month. He cannot provide me more than that, since his salary is very low when converted to USD. My parents also provide me the financial support about $200-$250 a month. So my total financial support is approximately $700-750 each month. I currently stay at my friend’s apartment. Sometimes I stay at my parent’s place. Unfortunately, I cannot work at this moment, because my child is less than 3 weeks. I have to take care of her. For these reasons,