United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

my past is important to me. In fact, my grandmother still makes the Polish dish, houska. However, my family has been in America for many generations. The U.S. is a mixed country with people who have all different kinds of backgrounds. Without immigration, many people, including myself, wouldn 't be where we are today. With over 41.3 million migrants in the U.S., colonization has shaped America by creating new jobs and contributing to diversity (Zong, Batalova). People are coming from countries…

The requirement for citizenship and the tests (for the most part) are fair. Citizenship is an important thing to have. It means you have a home. It gives you an identity such as in the case of the United States, ?a U.S. citizen? .That also means however that you are a model of what a U.S. citizen is. That is why becoming a citizen is so hard, because if you do something wrong it will be labeled as American terrorist, American kills 3 people, and so on giving America bad name. They make the…

Effects of Immigration Immigration is considered as one of the most debated topics not only by politicians, but also by ordinary citizens themselves. Considerably, many people from various places seek for a greener pasture for the welfare of their families. This is the reason why many people across the globe come to America to make their dreams a reality. The history of immigration in America started after the American Civil War and the reconstruction after such war. Ultimately, immigration to…

Arizona Senate Bill 1070 passed in 2010, the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act—it is very controversial and still is up to today. SB 1070 enable the police officers to check individual are immigration status and detain them if they cannot provide proof of citizenship or legal residency upon request. The stakeholders of this issue are the citizens of Arizona and the immigrants, more on the Mexican decent families or the Latinos. SB 1070 is passed to increase the safety…

guaranteed two years, and now she could learn how to drive! Obtaining her license meant something deeper for Ana, it signified that she had a place in America someway somehow. It also meant protection for her, from being stopped and thus detained at Immigration checkpoints. Things were finally looking up for her, it seemed that all was good in the world and perhaps she could be as carefree as her peers. Sadly, this peace of mind would not last very long and the ugly slap to the face came in the…

the past two decades, Indiana has taken a closer look at the population of immigrants in the state. Although Indiana is not a border state, people from many other countries decide to emigrate to Indiana for a better life. The largest ethnic groups who come to Indiana to live, originate from Asian and/or Spanish speaking countries. “Roughly 1 in 12 Hoosiers are Latino or Asian” (New 1). Typically immigration to Indiana from other countries results from the native countries having poor living…

been the main driver of U.S. population growth and the epicenter of national racial and ethnic change, since passage of the 1965 law that changed the nation’s immigration policy. It is projected they will remain as such over the next 50 years. This comes as a surprising, yet fearful revelation in a country that has seen an increase in immigration tension and alienation. A recent survey done by the Public Research Religious Institution found that many working class Americans have feelings of…

Karen Ann Faulk’s In the Wake of Neoliberalism: Citizenship and Rights in Argentina provides a look into how Argentina’s history has shaped the populace’s view of human rights and how human rights has in tern affected public discourse and history in Argentina through groups like Memoria Activa and Hotel BAUEN. This book was valuable to me because I was able to see the effects of neoliberalism in a way I had never seen before, since I have grown up within the culture of neoliberalism my entire…

When a person thinks of immigration, they usually think of some non-speaking american coming to live in our country illegally. But the actual definition of immigration is “the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country” ( The Free Dictionary ). To be an immigrant coming into America must be so hard in many ways, but as the people of America we should do something to help. Once immigrants are in America and are at the Department for Homeland Security, they should start learning the…

“They say you can accomplish whatever you want or set your mind to, but they don’t say that it’s just for some.” (We are Americans Pg. 39). For a lot of years the United States of America has been a home and the land of opportunity for many. The land where everyone can achieve their dreams. But, just like the quote says, it’s not for everyone. There are about eleven million of undocumented people living in this country. Out of all those people, according to The Pew Hispanic Center, 1.5 million…