Unknown American Immigrants

A dream can push people into the upper level, but dreams do not always come true. The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez is about immigrants who move to America. This is a book of the story collection; also, it combines different emotions, especially love and guilt. Alma loves her daughter, Maribel, more than anything else like every parent does, so Maribel is the only reason they are in America. Alma does as much as she can to Maribel. Although Alma is a newcomer to America, she becomes stronger because of her daughter.

Every person, or group of persons, has an identity and a culture tied to them from the country in which they grew up. An identity is the image someone present to the rest of the world, and culture is the image which one has of his/herself. Countries are similar to a person; over its history of being influenced by other countries, it has formed an identity and culture for itself. It has been stated that the worst act performed by others on another is to take away their identity, and deny them of their culture. Immigrants in America experience the loss of cultural norms/ values, cultural practices/ traits, adjustment to a new culture and changes in identity and concept of self. It is important to note that most immigrants are from minority groups.

This situation is relative to real life instances of immigration, as those moving to America with the hopes of improving their own lives and the lives of their family members are, in some cases, unfamiliar with the English language. Therefore, they must somehow learn the ways of the new people surrounding them in order to be accepted in this environment and also be able to communicate with others so they can attempt to obtain jobs to support themselves and family. Understanding the same language clearly plays an important role in assimilating to new surroundings.

When the immigrant’s native language is not one of the general population, certain difficulties arise. For immigrants to be functional in society, it is highly important for them find a way to communicate with the culture around them. One way of doing this is learning the language of those in the surrounding culture. If immigrants decide to not go through the trouble of learning a new language, they often find that when they apply for jobs employers are, “discouraged by the fact that [they know] hardly a word of English” (Fox

Kreyòl, the language of my birthplace, is a mystery." this example shows that he wants to inform the reader that he is a true American, not a Haitian and that he only and will speak English. Overall all of these stories conclude that language is a big challenge immigrants face because they have to deal with a form of communication. In the U.S immigrants struggle with adapting to English.

Life as an immigrant in the U.S was not all that great. First, they had to learn English

To be able afford a home in the United States, some type of immigration status is needed because taxes and rent needs to be paid. Also, obtaining a job with a reasonable income needs to be received to be able to pay the rent, otherwise many immigrants remain homeless, live in shelters, and live with a family member or friends.

There are 22.1 million noncitizens in America and my aunt's mother used to be one of them. This essay will tell all about it. In “American history”, Music for my Mother, and The Writing on the Wall. Being an immigrant means that to start becoming an American which meant the Cultural difference, prejudices, and to have hope.

The total amount of American citizens that are of the working age are unemployed is around 54.7 million people. It's hard enough for American born citizens to get a job already, but now you have illegal immigrants coming here and taking even more jobs. Some Americans only have a high school degree, which means that they are incapable of getting a higher level job because in today's society employers want more educated employees. Also a research done by CIS found that 74 percent of illegal immigrants have no more than a high school education, which means that they are directly competing for jobs with lesser educated American citizens. This a problem and it's unfair because they are taking away opportunities from born American citizens and

Illegal immigration is a very controversial topic in America today. There is a controversy over whether or not America should be allowing these illegal people in, and whether or not they should receive privileges reserved for American citizens. The humanitarian argument is to let everyone who needs help in and to allow them to establish residency and be afforded all of the privileges of a citizen, which would include welfare, public schools, etc. However, the overall state of the country must be considered over that of the happiness and comfort of non-citizens. People need to realize there are many negative consequences to letting these people in, besides the fact the crime of crossing the border has already been committed. Despite people

Not a long time ago, I came across an article in The Washington Post about a recent law introduced in Arizona in September 2012. According to the article, this new law obliges police officers to check the immigration status of anyone they suspect is in the country illegally. The article includes a report by the National Immigration Law Center, in which specialists agree that such policies create an “environment of racial profiling.” The idea that you can have your documents checked just because you may look or sound foreign is really controversial.

The colonies had attracted more and more immigrants and had steady growth in there 150 years. Most of the growth where in the urban areas like Boston and Philadelphian, with a large population being free and slave living in the same condensed areas. With the cites filling up and open lands available in the west and south with just a little resentence from the Native Americans. Having immigrants with no loyalty in major cities the attitudes towards the crown greatly shifted. The United States felt that they no longer needed the crown and that the home country is more of a foreign force keeping the hard working Americans down. The idea of giving a reason of why they are rebelling against the great British Empire was to invoke a sense of purpose

This essay describes the obstacles undocumented immigrants in the United States of America can face such as finding a job and social isolation. As commonly found, these impediments prevent immigrants from the complete integration into the social life of the country and successful incorporation into the core American structures. The two prominent challenges discussed in this paper are federal regulations and laws and social assimilation into the community.

Cristina Henriquez’, The Book of Unknown Americans, folows the story of a family of immigants adjusting to their new life in the United States of America. The Rivera family finds themselves living within a comunity of other immigrants from all over South America also hoping to find a better life in a new country. This book explores the hardships and injustices each character faces while in their home country as well as withina foreign one, the United States. Themes of community, identity, globalization, and migration are prevalent throughout the book, but one that stood out most was belonging. In each chacters viewpoint, Henriquez explores their feelings of the yearning they have to belong in a community so different than the one that they are used to.

During the early days of America, many immigrants came to the U.S to look for freedom that America offered for those looking for a new start, a new life, and better opportunities.