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Franleslie Fernandez Assignment # 8 First draft Throughout the world, immigration has shaped our society. But we always ask our selves ** what are the main reason Immigrants come to the United States? Immigration has first started in the** in the 1900s when people from other countries wanted freedom, better jobs, education and so much more. In some other cases there where wars going on at the time, which many people did not 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 had sailed to a small island which was 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 amount 35 Years, but before everything was closed down around 12 million immigrants had been legally papered and documented. If an immigrant was suspected to have any health problems or diseases, they where either sent home or kept in the island facilities. Immigration affects my family by in many ways. My grandmother and her husband wanted her and her children not to be raised in an environment with not many opportunities. 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, better education and so much more. She lived in the Dominican Republic. In the Dominican Republic education and jobs as well 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.” Coming to America as an immigrant was not so 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 “ [] ” it had said, 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. Today immigration has shaped America in so many ways, such as cultural and religion. 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 Americans but where immigrants who has been documented as a citizen to become a Untied states citizen. The People wanted change for America, a humankind whom would change the voice of immigration, and what it truly is and was. In Evident, we can always question our selves what 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 a huge population. They contribute a lot to America, such as skills and many more. 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 it self.