Immigration Changes and Similarities: For Better, Worse, or No Effect? The United States of America is known as “the land of the free”. With the many opportunities and ways to have a better life, America is the place to be. All over the world, people strive, dream, and wish that one day, they will be living here. When people do come to America, they see a light at the end of the tunnel.
If this method is applied to the United States, it can help create “linguistically and culturally competent Americans.” Since America is a diverse nation, it is vital that young children are raised in a culturally aware and culturally sensitive atmosphere. 2. Clifford, R. T., and D. C. Fischer. "Foreign Language Needs in the U.S. Government."
Certain criminal aliens including drunk drivers will be eligible for amnesty under this act because the DREAM Act allows an applicant to be convicted of one felony or three misdemeanors. These are just a few examples of what he outlined. He is not alone, David Frum a columnist of “The Week” wrote an article titled “A DREAM bill that’s more like a nightmare.” Where he mentions some of the loopholes the DREAM Act has. For example the fact that the immigrant would not be required to graduate from college but merely survive two years. How a 40-year-old with a third grade education could have his children apply and would be granted amnesty through the sponsorship of his children.
Sean Navi November 18, 2014 Soci 142 Professor Saito How Meritocracy and Systemic Inequality affect immigrants in the U.S. Meritocracy and Systemic Inequality are two competing ideologies that are applied in the United State’s society. Both ideologies have been structured around the idea of the “American Dream” and being able to achieve success through barriers. Gender, race, and class play an immense role into today’s society and how people living in the United States of America view each other on a daily basis. Meritocracy has widely been viewed as an ideology where one’s success is based on how hard he/she works; while Systemic Inequality is based around achieving success by overcoming barriers in society. The term Meritocracy was first brought to light by Michael Young, he said: “For government by those regarded as possessing merit; merit is equated with intelligence-plus-effort, its possessors are identified at an early age and selected for an appropriate intensive education, and there is an obsession with quantification, test-scoring, and qualifications” (Young).
Chad Fitzgerald Mr. Kester English 102 11/19/12 Character Analysis of Holden Caulfield in "The Catcher in the Rye" J.D. Salinger was born on January 1, 1919, in New York City. Salinger was the youngest of two and the only boy born to his parents, Sol and Miriam Salinger. Salinger was always considered intelligent, however he flunked out of the McBurney School near his home in upper west New York. After flunking out of school, his parents decided to send him to Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania (Haudgruff; Salinger).
Fredrick.O. Adeyemi A land of Promises and Immigrants “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus is a poem about the Statue of Liberty and how it welcomes new immigrants from all over the world to the United States. The Statue represents their stability, and hope of what they are going to get when they move to the New World. Many of these immigrants come to the United States because of political and religious persecution and shortage of jobs. They think that the United States will be a good place to escape these elements and for a chance to start over.
So what is DREAM Act? Actually, “it is an acronym for Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors. It is an American legislative proposal first introduced in the Senate on August 1, 2001 by Dick Durbin and Orrin Hatch. To be more specific, this bill would provide conditional permanent residency to certain illegal aliens of good moral character who graduate from U.S. high schools, arrived in the United States as minors, and lived in the country continuously for at least five years prior to the bill's enactment.” (Wikipedia, DREAM Act. Retrieved 6 March 2013) When the time I first paid attention to the DREAM Act, I was a little bit
Carmen Espinal Mrs. Ranes ENC1101 December 8th, 2013 Remediation Analysis America has always been characterized for the acceptance of large amounts of immigrants and the cultural diversity that gives the nation its complex culture. However, integration of cultures and immigrants becomes a complicated process when the immigrants themselves raise boarders around them and limit their experience to ethnic groups. In order to express my opinion more efficiently, I chose to remediate my essay into a short video that would target recently arrived immigrants, specifically college students. This new media choice will allow me to communicate my thoughts and suggestions to all immigrants in a universal way, and hopefully encourage foreign students to
87% agreed that an Associate’s degree is the new high school diploma. It’s almost necessary in order to achieve the “American dream “(Morin, 2000). In conclusion, College has its advantages and benefits to achieving your ultimate goals in life for most people. It is hard work, but one day, having and obtaining the American dream is what makes our country so wonderful to live in. Work Cited Morin, R. (2000, May 8).
Ena Figueroa Social Psychology Mr. Smith 10 March 2012 The American Dream America is often referred to as a "nation of immigrants" because of our open-door policy toward accepting foreigners hunting their vision of the American Dream. Recently, there has been an appeal by some politicians and citizens toward creating a closed-door policy on immigration. They are arguing that immigrants "threaten" American life by creating unemployment by taking jobs from American workers, using much-needed social services, and intruding on the "American way of life." If we are to continue to excel as a nation, the traditionalists who fear an invasion of foreign-born Americans need to evaluate the good and the bad of immigration to the United States.