I read an article on immigration called \"Our Rainbow Underclass\" by Mortimer B. Zuckerman. The 9/11 ceremonies made the author think about the multi-ethnic nature of US society. Among the victims were people origins from all over the world, that plot was not only against the Americans. The author ...

Since the beginning there was always something for everyone in America. Weather it were a good factor about the U.S. or a bad factor about their country something always encouraged people to come here.United States as a country was created by immigrants and their difference from any other country in...

Reasons for ImmigrationComing from a life of poverty and despair would cause anyone to search for a better life; a life in which there is the belief that all of your dreams can come true. This is the belief that many Mexican immigrants had about "El Norte," they believed that the north would provid...

Immigration has played a major part historically in the growth of Canada's population. Between 1901 and 1911 alone, Canada received over 1.5 million immigrants, representing 28 percent of Canada's total population at the time. Recently, however, Canada's immigration policies and pract...

Canada is currently one of the most prominent host of immigrants in the world. In fact, Canada is the leading country that accepts people from all over the globe. There are approximately 250,000 people immigrating to Canada each year which is about 0.8 percent of Canada's total population. ...

Beware! America is being invaded by aliens! Not the little, green, martian type you see in science fiction movies, but the real thing. I am talking about the illegal type who come in every day and every night, by land and by sea. Estimates have shown that as many as 500,000 illegal aliens make it ac...

Illegal Immigration and the Economy Illegal immigration has become one of the key political issues of the 1990s, especially in border states such as California. The Bureau of the Census estimates that there are now 4 million illegal aliens living in the United States and that about 300,000 mor...

The issue of immigration has become a major debate for everyone. Although critics argued of negative impacts of immigrants such as overcrowding, drug trafficking and threatening of American culture, immigrants still have a great impact in our society. Immigrants cause an impact in our society politi...

The Book Immigrant Voices by Thomas Dublin is focused on giving readers a close view of what things were like for immigrants between the years of 1773-1986. It contains diaries, letters, autobiographies, and interviews of actual immigrants during this time period. The book tells many facts a...

The Immigrants Experience In America1.During the peak period of the pre-Civil War immigration, from 1847 through 1857, 3.3 million immigrants entered the United States; 1.3 million were from Ireland and 1.1 million came from the German States. Most immigrants came essentially because of poor economi...

The 19th century was a time of rapid growth and change in America. It was a century of Westward expansion, and the building up of new cities like Chicago, St. Louis, and Milwaukee. It was a time where people from far off places packed up their belongings and sought out new opportunities as they immi...

Immigration is an event that has been occurring in New York since the 1624 when the Dutch West India Company assembled thirty families from Holland to established a settlement that became known as New Netherland. Many immigrants came to our nation looking for opportunities that their country could n...

"With a 3.2 grade-point average, a letter of admission to the University of Utah, and $4000 in scholarships, she seemed to have everything she needed to succeed. Except, it turned out, a Social Security number" (Marklein 1). Many families in the United States struggle to send their child...

The popular initiative process has played a role in the evolution of a stronger state presence in local affairs. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the California Constitution was modified with a series of measures approved by the voters that reflected the \"progressive\" mood of the times, ...

We have decided to tackle the issue raised by Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz as reported in The Star dated 15th August, 2004. She acknowledged the need for a wide range of factors to be addressed from aptitude, attitude, business acumen, farsightedness and the pioneering spirit to be included in the coachi...

California's Love/Hate of Immigrants Individuals around the world view California/the United States as the premiere place to raise a family, and to have a nice white house on the corner of some quiet street. They see California as the opportunity to work a 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. j...

On September 11th, America experienced something they never thought was possible. America faced the biggest terrorist attack on home soil when four airplanes were hijacked and crashed into one of New York's most crowded areas, and the United States' defense base. These locations include bo...

Dear Maria Gonzalez., I'm writing to you, to inform you how the United States runs. Knowing that you are planning to move to the U.S.A for a better life. I would like to anticipate to you several issues and circumstances you will be dealing with in this country, specially for being a woman ...

Ellis Island served as an immigration station for the Port of New York from January 1, 1892 through November 19, 1954. The stations peak years of immigration were from 1892 through 1924. In these years more than half of the United States' immigrants came to this country via Ellis Islan...

Nikki Bumbacco Ms Harrison ENG OAC July 21, 2000 It is a fact that almost all of the people in Canada are immigrants, or come from immigrant descent. If it were not for the millions of people who have fled to Canada in hope of a better life, Canada would never have prospered into what ...

The first move stopping immigration decided by Congress, was a law in 1862, restricting American vessels to transport Chinese immigrants to the U.S. The Alien Contract Labor Laws of 1885, 1887, 1888, and 1891 restricted the immigration to the U.S. of people entering the country to work under contra...

Was It Worth the Trip? In his novel, Out of This Furnace, Thomas Bell reveals the hardships that three generations of an immigrant family had to endure due to being in the working class of the Pittsburgh steel mills. This is just one example of the hardships that the immigrant worker faced when c...

In recent decades, migration has become a major global phenomenon and Europe has received a significance share of it. In order to move along with the changing demands of society, various countries within Europe had to make modifications to their legislations. However, it was not until a decade ago t...

Border Patrol and Ineffectiveness To the south of San Diego lies the US- Mexico border, to some this may only be seen as a line dividing the two countries; however, on closer inspection this border is actually a gateway for economic loss, reduced security and countless other detriments to the US. ...

\"Strangers From A Different Shore\" by author/professor Ronald Takaki, has brought a new perspective of my growing knowledge of the hardships and endless obstacles that Asian-Americans have struggled with through their immigration experience. Immigrants of Asia represent many countries and many di...