I thought it would be easy for me. When I arrived, everything looked great to me. I never had flown before and the cities looked fantastic to me even though I did not know how life would be. My principal goals before coming to U.S. were just coming here to work. I wanted to make money until I felt wealthy and then go back to my country.
* The United States had programs to aid refugees and give families sponsors who would be financially and personally responsible for them. The government also provided classes to teach refugees English and American culture. * Immigrants had much greater freedom in the United States, and they could preserve their traditions and pursue academic goals without going against governmental orders. * The situation in the United States was much more stable- the war did not have physical effects on the country and people were safe from bombings and attacks .” (1) PUSH FACTORS * Turmoil created by the Vietnam War resulted in the invasion of Cambodia by America and South Vietnam, and then a leftist group known as the Khmer Rouge came into power. * The Khmer Rouge tried to create a completely new society by removing everything 'old' or individual-centered, including traditions, elderly people, and family life.
America is known as the land of freedom and the land of opportunity. This is especially true when compared to Vietnam. Vietnam lacks many things when compared to America. Citizens in Vietnam will always look up to American for a source of a new life and an opportunity for a better life for the younger generation. The life of American citizen is pretty easy compared to the citizens that live in Vietnam because of the freedom, the power of choice, and the aid from the government.
A month after he was born, his family moved to Gaines, New York. George spent the first ten years of his life in New York. His father, Solomon Greasley Merrick was a pastor, his mother on the other hand; Althea Fink Merrick was a respected artist and also a community leader. Four years before the Merrick family moved to Florida, they used to live in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Solomon was the minister of the Pilgrim Church so the family was able to live in a nice home on the main street.
NAME Fictional Interview |Question |Answers | |What inspired you to become a US Citizen? |I come from a very poor country and I hoped coming to America| | |would give me and my children better lives. | |What steps did you have to take as part of the naturalization process? |Well, when I was 18 I came to America to become a permanent | | |resident. Once I lived here for five years I was able to | |
This resulted in an exceptional class of people who could tame the wild while still remaining civilized. The American frontier was usually on the most Western edge of colonies and its people were more free-spirited in temperament than the Eastern people because the frontier lacked many social and political institutions that the East always had. As later generations moved farther inland, any class distinctions, churches, and established governments of their past slowly began to disappear, resulting in a new, rugged, and increasingly independent class of people. As more and more people began immigrating to the new world population increased and people were forced to move farther inland. As these men and women traveled farther and farther into the new world, they began losing their old ideas of how the government should be and fell into a more primitive way of living.
I was born in the beautiful country of ... Few years into the civil war our family decided to immigrate. It wasn’t an easy process – it took almost two years for our family to reunite on American soil, but not too long after that our dad had to leave. My brother and I grew up under the care of our mother only. Immigrating to a new country was not easy - we had to learn a new language, adopt a new culture and make new friends. Despite the difficulties, we all tried to make the best of it.
And since America is the world’s melting pot I most likely won’t be the only individual searching for a better life in the U.S. The place I feel like would be best to relocate is the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. I’ve researched and I’ve discovered that it has relatively cheap home prices, compared to the rest of the U.S., and is a great metropolitan area. The large number of Filipino-Americans in the area doesn’t hurt either.
Like many, she left the country searching for a way to help her family. She was able to accomplish this for well over twenty years. Then, in the early 1990's, an unfortunate fire removed the little stability my mother had accomplished. My aunt’s help no longer sufficed, thus catalyzing the need for us to seek out U.S. Residency. Moving to New York was a major change but gave us what distance runners call “second wind”.
I was born in Bogota, Colombia, I lived there for the first 14 years of my life, I had an amazing childhood there and I will always see it as my home. Unfortunately, when I was 6 years old my mom got laid off from her job in Colombia. She tried finding a new job but due to her age it was impossible, therefore she decided to move to the United States and seek for a better future, but her decision of moving to this country also meant that she was going to have to leave me in Bogota with the rest of my family. It was not until I was 15 years old that I decided to stay in the United States to live with my mom, I remember that the very first thing I did when it was official that I was going to stay living here was to go to Central Park and stand by the little bridge, where I was able to see the lake, I had heard many stories of how beautiful it was, but I wanted to see