The Pros And Cons Of Immigrants

An immigrant is a person who comes to America from another country. Sometimes immigrants would come in large sips from Europe. These conditions might not work in their favor, if a lot of people were on the boat you were probably packed in small area like a can of sardines. All of these new people would add to the melting pot we call America. A melting pot is a bunch of cultures blended into one.

People from all around the world would want to come to America for lots of different reasons, anything from the Irish Famine to the military draft in Germany and lastly Anti-Semitism in Russia. Immigrants from Italy would want to come to the U.S to escape hard times and the epidemics in their home country. Some other people just want to leave their home countries to get more educational opportunities or better jobs and good pay as well.

Americans must have been surprised to see all of these new people flooding into the country from all over Europe. Some might not be so welcoming because they think with all these new people that they will start to steal jobs and opportunities from Americans. On the other hand the new immigrants would not be picky with the jobs they got because they would be getting better pay and more than likely it would be a better job all around. They came here for freedom and better treatment than their home countries. …show more content…
They were all desperate enough to escape that they endured a long boat trip across the ocean crammed in to small spaces just to come to the U.S in hopes it would be better than where they came from. They must have been excited and scared at the same time once they saw the building on Ellis Island. Some unlucky people did not get to stay for numerous reasons. Sickness such as Typhus or pink eye may have kept them out of the