The Importance Of Immigration To The Social Beliefs Of America

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Have you ever felt like you were personally pointed out when it comes to the social beliefs of America? Mira state in Two ways to live in America, “If America wants to make new rules curtailing the benefits of legal immigrants, they should only apply to immigrants who arrive after those rules are already in place.” Her and her sister moved to America to make their lives better and to complete their dreams. After many years of living in America rules were suddenly changed, and Mira felt used. She spent years contributing to the nation for them to all of a sudden to change the rules. That is the problem with Americans, we take what we wish without thinking of the consequences or the ones we hurt. We make legal immigrants feel as if they should

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