Immigration to the United States

Through all of the events in history that happened to the United States, the issue lurking around for over 250 years and counting, which began ages ago, is immigration. In the U.S daily, there are approximately 70,000 foreigners that travel here from various countries from different parts of the world. Within the 70,000 travelers, over 60,000 of them are tourists, businessmen, and students. In the United States currently, with every 2,000 legal immigrants, there are 5,000 illegal immigrants. Since

The United States of America was founded by immigrants. In fact, foreigners have shaped nearly every aspect of American culture. Unless a person is of Native American descent, their family has an immigration story whether they are aware of it or not. Today in the U.S., many individuals believe that immigrants are more of a strain to society than they are a benefit. The truth is that immigration is an extremely complex subject that has multiple manifest and latent functions and dysfunctions. Some

Immigration is one of the most heated topics in the U.S. political and social agenda and usually evokes strong polar opinions in the American society, in part due to its complex composition of peoples and cultures. It is precisely due to this fact, that the interpreters and translators working in the field of Immigration must be familiar not only with the basic types of immigration hearings, but have an understanding of the history of Immigration in the United States, different types of visas and

Immigration has been around since the early 20th century. Right now there are more than 11 million immigrants living in the United States. They come from all over the world but a lot of people think they all come from Central America or South America. They come to the United States looking for a better life than what they had back home. Most of them either come alone or they bring their families with them. If they are closer to the border, they might even try to cross the border illegally. They come

Every year many people move to a foreign country due to facing political issues, escaping a war, or aspiring to have economic welfare and better education. The United States has been welcoming millions of immigrants during its short history. These days many Americans are against the current policy of immigration. They are demanding the government to decrease the number of immigrants who enter their country every year. Ironically, these Americans were immigrants themselves when their ancestors arrived

France, Nicolas Sarkozy, “immigration presents the possibility of bringing new skills, new talents, new blood…” (“France Seeks”), though others think differently. Immigration, the act of abandoning one’s homeland to establish a new life in another country, was not a concept that has suddenly erupted in present time. In fact, immigration is a process, not an event; it never had an actual start date, nor will it have an actual end date. Knowing the background of immigration across the world, the history

Immigration/Refugee Diversity is a common word used continuously. With the United States being the most diverse nation of all nations, human beings have been constantly moving throughout the United States for centuries in search for a variety of things such as food, shelter, freedom, and security. Refugees have been fleeing from their homelands for various reasons, ranging from having traumatic experiences to being forced to flee due to fear of persecution. The United States is described as the great

Many of you are aware of the immigration issue we are facing on a day to day basis. There are many opinions regarding immigration and immigrants but it is time for some facts to be brought to the public eye. Firstly, who are immigrants? When most of us think of the term immigrants Latin American individuals come to our mind or cheap laborers who don’t speak our language. Technically speaking, all of our ancestors were immigrants. The English language itself is a derived from the Germanic language

Immigration Immigrants are basic facts of a strong U.S. economy, fulfilling the intrinsic need of the labor force for workers. We as immigrants have more of a tendency of working for our money to survive and to make our children have a better life, in a tough economy and in a country that isn’t even ours. How can immigration and immigrants life overcome? What difference can we do to fix the immigration dilemma occurring in the United States? This are some questions that many people may have asked

A native of Mexico, Gonzalez came to the United States using a visa, to visit family members and in 1994, police convicted Gonzalez of the abduction and rape of a Waukegan, Illinois woman. During his conviction his attorney, Vanessa Potkin, addressed that at twenty years old, Gonzalez spoke very little English, had no criminal record, and yet the police wanted to pin the crime on him. Twenty years later, DNA from the crime cleared him of both charges, and Gonzalez is now threatened with deportation