Essay About Immigration To America

Immigration is not something new to the United States. Immigration has been in place since the native warriors crossed a land bridge in the last Ice Age. Even in today’s day and age, thousands of people immigrate here in one day. In the early 20th Century, immigration was frequent because of the rumors told about America. At this time, many bad things were happening in foreign countries and the US was establishing itself as a world power. That made US the ideal target for immigration. All people wanted to do was to get to the promised land, to the lad of freedom. People came expecting that the streets were paved with gold, and you could make a fortune with ease. After the grueling trip across the Atlantic Ocean, people saw the Statue of Liberty, and that made their journey worth it, but some felt otherwise in Ellis Island after they get sent back. Sadly, for the people that passed, they realized America is not what it seems. As one immigrant says,” I came to America because I heard that streets here were paved with gold. When I came I …show more content…
In the present, illegal immigration is becoming a big issue as people from Central and South America sneak into the United States. They do this again because of better opportunities here and the spread of violence and drugs in their native countries. They way they immigrate here is also changing as most people don’t take boats to the United States. In the past decade or so people take planes or sneak in by foot through Texas. These change have changed and revolutionized immigration including the technology that we posses. In the early 20th Century, they did not have the databases and the infrastructure that we have today, not to mention our communication speed. These changes have changed the way people immigrate and come in to any country, not just the United