Shift Migration: Gender Discrimination Among Immigrants

gender discrimination….” (Galarneau). This suggest that, they are concern about if the labor work is going to be tough, also the chemical they breath when they are working in the fields. Having family that a documented immigrant feel like they are discriminated because she is a women. For example, when my aunt was working as a restaurant as a waitress I witness she would be treated different from the males. A male would ask for the day off they would give it to him, when my aunt ask would ask for the day off they would not give it her. Another example, is when I was working in the fields some of the informers would treat the women different form the men. It would be the middle of the day and some older women would be tired and exhausted and …show more content…
In the article, “Hispanics Find Jobs that Shift Migration” Marilyn Gilroy states, “Economic opportunity, the force that has driven population shifts for years, is changing the face of migrations as Hispanics move into parts of the nations.” Many immigrants’ workers’ are moving to the big city areas that fast growing. They are moving into those cities, “in response to job opportunities in retail, service, and construction industries” (Gilroy). In other words, immigrants hope when they arrive to those cities they have a good chance to get hired there and have good pay. When they get to the big cities they, still fear of being rejected and being deported back to Mexico. Most immigrants when coming to America they struggle and “When immigrants come to the United States, they are typically confronted with a host of challenges learning a new language, getting a job and adjusting to a new labor market, and becoming familiar with a new society” (“Coming to America). This implies to, immigrants have trouble adapting to a new language and learn it correctly, getting a well pay job. When coming to America, immigrants face encounters from being an entrepreneur to traditional employment. Having certain skill that go with a certain job can be different in America because it can be the same job but the process is different from a job in Mexico. Also, when immigrants come to America they have to adapt to the different lifestyle from their homeland. Of course, the more time these individuals spend in the new country, the more this adjustment takes place, and progress toward full and equal participation often continues into the next generations. The primary key to achieving participation is education. In the article “Coming To America’ An In-Depth View Of New Comers” it states that “rand found that California is losing low-skilled workers to other states and between