Throughout American history, millions of people around the world have abandoned their homeland for a change, to start a new life in a foreign country. The process of immigrating still continues to occur up to this day. Documented or undocumented people from all over the world come into the United States in search of the “American Dream”. Characterizing the dream is a set of ideals in which “freedom” includes the opportunity for success. The dream for many is a pursuit of equality, opportunities, and prosperity. Immigrants have various reasons to seek migration; some enter the United States in search of a better life, while others come to escape war, others for freedom in religious practices, the truth is that everyone has a different objective and incentives that drives them to push
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Friendly (1960) also exposes the harsh reality of American migrant agricultural workers both in and out of the fields. For several months migrant workers suffered from no food or shelter, and of course low wages. Life as a farmworker is not easy as the documentary demonstrates, on a similar not just as expressed in “The Pacific Coast Farm Workers Rebellion” Bacon, focuses on the inhumane housing camps, were farmworkers tend to live in. The article brings up the issue of clean water, because the water farmworkers and their families had access to was salty, that cause rashes on the children’s skins, which is unacceptable. Whether it was on the documentary of the articles, mothers and fathers feared not being able to supply the next meal for their children; children feared not knowing where their next stop would be. According to Seth, “a few thousand live several months in squatter shacks made of cardboard, plastic sheets, and broken-down cars” (47). On a similar note, Bacon also adds on to that, by stating that indigenous, just like other farmworkers lived in camps that were also in bad conditions, and are in violation of Mexican
Friendly (1960) also exposes the harsh reality of American migrant agricultural workers both in and out of the fields. For several months migrant workers suffered from no food or shelter, and of course low wages. Life as a farmworker is not easy as the documentary demonstrates, on a similar not just as expressed in “The Pacific Coast Farm Workers Rebellion” Bacon, focuses on the inhumane housing camps, were farmworkers tend to live in. The article brings up the issue of clean water, because the water farmworkers and their families had access to was salty, that cause rashes on the children’s skins, which is unacceptable. Whether it was on the documentary of the articles, mothers and fathers feared not being able to supply the next meal for their children; children feared not knowing where their next stop would be. According to Seth, “a few thousand live several months in squatter shacks made of cardboard, plastic sheets, and broken-down cars” (47). On a similar note, Bacon also adds on to that, by stating that indigenous, just like other farmworkers lived in camps that were also in bad conditions, and are in violation of Mexican