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Throughout the world, immigration has shaped our society. Immigration is a big part of our nation as an American citizen, in my family there are immigrants, and they have came here for a better life. But we always ask our selves ** what ** ** is the main reason as to why Immigrants came to the United States? ** ** Immigration first started in the ** in the 1900s when people from other countries wanted freedom, better jobs, education and much more. In some other cases there were wars going on at the time, where many people didn’t want harsh conditions for there families. "All of them came full of hopes and dreams of the "Promised Land." Many settlers from Europe and Asia came to seek their fortune in a new country which was thought to have unlimited resources." ([]).

Many immigrants sailed to a small island called Ellis Island. “Ellis Island--a tiny strip of land located in Upper New York Bay, near the New Jersey shore--holds a big part of the history of the United States. Of the 16 million immigrants who arrived in the U.S. from 1892 to 1954, 12 million of them passed through the federal immigration station located on the island.” ([]) Ellis Island was opened for about 35 Years, but before everything was closed down around 12 million immigrants had been legally documented and documented here. If an immigrant was suspected to have any health problems or diseases, they were either sent home or kept in the island facilities.

Immigration affects my family in many ways. My grandmother and her husband wanted her and her children not to be raised in an environment where not many opportunities were offered. She wanted her children to have more then what she had in her years of life, and that’s when she decided to come to America. America had more opportunities, more jobs, a better education and so much more. She lived in the Dominican Republic. In the Dominican Republic education and jobs were not so great. My father has always said, “I could do anything if I put my mind to it, it did not matter if I was standing alone as long as I can accomplish my dreams and goals in life.” (GOOD PERSONAL CONNECTION)

Coming to America as an immigrant was not easy, even getting a job wasn’t always easy. In order to have a “good” job which pays well, you had to have a good education, which immigrants did not have, some couldn’t even speak English. In the website “[]” it says, illegal immigrants tend to become employed in what is known as "low skilled jobs." These jobs are often labor intensive and don't tend to attract many employees. In the United States for example, the landscaping and construction sectors tend to be popular with immigrants as there is generally no requirement to be fluent in the English language". This means many immigrants didn’t have a choice in many jobs, and they had to work minimum wage, in order to get a decent pay check. (EXPLAIN QUOTE MORE IN DEPTH)

Today immigration has shaped America in so many ways, such as cultural religion. (REWORD THIS SENTENCE >>)Till today immigration is changing its ways around, President Obama had once said, “He owes it to the Hispanic voters whose overwhelming support helped push him into the White House, and to the undocumented immigrants whose lives have been made miserable under a cruel, ill-conceived enforcement crusade that was concocted in the last administration and survives into this one.” ([]). Obama feels that most of his voters where not only Spanish so he feels that he should help those meaning help immigrants become documents and help them receive better job. The People wanted change for America, a humankind whom would change the voice of immigration, and what it truly is and was.

In conclusion, we can always question ourselves with makes a true “American,” is it a person who is born into the United States or is it a person who had moved to this country for a better life for them and there family? Immigration is a big part of our society, which makes America become so cultural and huge population. They contribute a lot to America, such as skills and in more things some immigrants show a positive attitude such as going to school to receive a better education, attend jobs in order to support families. Immigration is a true history behind America itself.