History of immigration to the United States

that won’t allow them to have a stable status in the United States. Laws such as SB 1070 which requires police to determine a person’s immigration status based on suspicion when one is arrested. Being an illegal immigrant means that you do not…

anyone a hard time. Most, if not all, of the questions were trick questions specifically designed to make the test taker give an incorrect response. As expected, a good number of them failed which disabled them from voting. These tests were given in states that were very much filled with racism, such as Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama(Rebecca Onion). Although they could not vote, they still kept their heads up. They kept on protesting for civil rights and, eventually, received them. This is…

“Enrique’s Journey” by Sonia Nazario and “Which Way Home” directed by Rebecca Cammisa both aim to illustrate struggles regarding the immigrants’ journey of their way from Central America to the United States. Although bearing similar contents, the book contains small details, whereas the film provides more visuals, allowing one to connect with the children though their emotions. However the book and film both came to the same conclusion, serving the same purpose. The book and the film both…

Making America Hate Again To be able to vote is undoubtedly one of the greatest aspects about the United States of America. The ability to chose our leaders and practice a democracy is something citizens of other countries only dream of having. Because of this freedom, Americans should always vote during the elections, especially this year’s Presidential election. This election is an especially unique one; the Republican candidate is a businessman with no political experience, while the…

In the beginning, the United States had no strict policies barring immigration. To society, immigration was essential for a business to prosper. The first movements that encouraged immigration restrictions occurred after the influx of Irish and German immigrants in the mid-1800s. As citizen’s felt threatened by the customs of their new visitors, federal laws were passed. One of these laws was the Chinese Exclusion Act. The act specifically targeted Chinese immigrants, who happened to be the…

The letter to the editor document exhibited some very biased opinions on immigration, American culture and cultural immersion in America. The author of this letter stated that the view of a multicultural America “has served only to dilute our sovereignty and our national identity”. I suggest the author meant that a multicultural American has weakened the United States political power or sovereignty and the identity of America. Although that is not necessarily true, America is considered the…

to “Pittsbourgo.” These men came to Pennsylvania from the 1880s to the beginning of the First World War in order to find work. The Italian immigrants and descendants of those migrants became one of the most influential ethnic groups even though immigration quota laws enacted after World War I reduced the number of Italian immigrants to Pennsylvania. The vast majority of Italian immigrants of the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century settled in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.…

start a new life. Many extreme ideas are arising amid all of this discussion, and are resulting in xenophobic actions towards Muslims and others fleeing from ISIS in the Middle East. Many Americans now no longer want Syrian refugees to enter the United States because they are a so-called security risk. What most people do not realize is that the information that they gain from the media, politicians, and other people is often not true. Despite the plethora of veracious information, many people…

The complex and often bigoted history of the United States earned the nation considerable amounts of respect and success that numerous other countries have been attempting to earn for decades. However, one cannot ignore the many troubling times that America and its inhabitants encountered before earning such a venerated title. As Franklin D. Roosevelt stated, “Remember, remember always that all Of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists” (Roosevelt). This…

a key dimension of both globalization and development, and international migration has become one of the foremost development topics of the 21st century. According to the United Nations, as of 2012, more than 215 million people live outside their countries of birth and over 700 million migrate within their countries. Every state has been touched by human mobility. Owusu-Ankomah (2006) argues that about two million Ghanaians migrated to far and near lands ostensibly to seek greener pastures…