Essays on Immigration

Introduction: When people from any country start leaving their own place with intention to get shelter in any other country permanently, this course of action is known as Immigration. Normally people leave their own motherland in severe compulsions but there are a few who do it by choice also. There are several reasons behind immigration, it may be political, poverty, due to war or warlike conditions and in some cases people migrate willingly to rich countries. Prosperous countries are facing this situation these days and the issue is matter of concern within these countries. There are a number of Continue reading...

Immigration

These cartoons portray the immense fear that engulfed America during the 1860s at the time when the Irish and Chinese immigrants had significantly increased in number. First, there is the dread of the natives, represented by Uncle Sam, being swallowed by foreign immigrants. In the first instance, both the Chinese and Irish are devouring the American. In the next instance, after the native has been consumed, the Chinese man turns against the Irish and consumes him too. Far of within the background, several railroads are also to be seen (Brinkley, 2010, p.78).
The Irish migrated to America mostly between Continue reading...

Immigration

The book “The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People” incorporates the socio-political perspective of the American history into a well-organized piece of art that provides a vivid description of the measure and complexity of the American past. At some point in the book, the issue of the immigrants takes the center stage (Brinkley, 2010, p.25). The Americans at the time, were caught in between two critical decisions that they were to make. This was the idea of how they could get immigrants who had skills, those whom they could easily assimilate so that they could contribute Continue reading...

Introduction

"This is a story of an upper class Indian family (Ashima and Ashoke ) who moves as relatively new immigrants into Cambridge, Massachusetts with an aspiration for better and perhaps encouraging opportunities, and the focus mainly on their only son, Gogol. The whole family though struggles to have themselves conformed to the way of life of the average American. The major theme of focus on the story portrayed as a struggle for identity goes about Gogol life. Born to immigrants in Boston, Gogol is brought-up in the suburbs of Boston though with a name he hates- Gogol. To this young man, what frustrates most is that it is neither Indian nor even an American name. He moves to Yale for college from Boston and graduates to be an architect and later to live in New York City where he encounters a rich and attractive non-Indian girl. He feels the wailing difference in their family backgrounds and ultimately breaks up when his father passes on. He later meets a lady his mother later recommends, though equally American just like Gogol, she turns out as a very interesting one. They get married but she is not like him. Her needs lead to conflict in their lives.

Gogol struggles with the identity crisis can be seen in the book in several episodes and encounters, first Gogol’s internal struggle to negotiate between the private and public spheres is a central theme of the novel. It is the major reason why Gogol legally changes his name to Nikhil. Gogol, however, realizes that changing his name alone does not mean complete transformation of identity. He in fact questions his dad on why he was given the unique name. The foundation on which the story is laid is the unusual naming of the protagonist, Gogol; an accidental naming thrust on his parents by the need to feign some identity. When his father comes up with the name Gogol in the hospital, it emerges to him as a blow from a crisis from his own past -- a past he does not share with the son and The Namesake until Gogol, who has come of age abandon the name, is a senior in college. The story told by the father seems to increase the young boy's confusion. She writes: "Gogol listens, stunned, his eyes fixed on his father's profile. Though there are only inches between them, for an instant his father is a stranger, a man who has kept a secret, has survived a tragedy, a man whose past he does not fully know. A man who is vulnerable, who has suffered in an inconceivable way. When the young Gogol forcefully enquires why he was not told the story before, we encounter the following dialogue:

"It happened so long ago. I did not want to upset you."
"It does not matter. You should have told me."
"Perhaps, his father concedes, glancing briefly in Gogol's direction. He removes the keys from the ignition. "Come, you must be hungry. The car is getting cold."
However, Gogol doesn't move. He sits there, still struggling to absorb the information, feeling awkward, oddly ashamed, at fault. "I'm sorry, Baba."

The scene comes to a conclusion: “And suddenly the sound of his pet name, uttered by his father as he has been accustomed to hearing it all his life, means something completely new, bound up with a catastrophe he has unwittingly embodied for years. "Is that what you think of when you think of me?" Gogol asks him. "Not at all," his father says eventually, one hand going to his ribs, a habitual gesture that has baffled Gogol until now. "You remind me of everything that followed."

Gogol also tries to overcome this identity crisis in other instances, although little is told about his adolescence, we only visit him on his fourteenth birthday and on a brief foray we join him into a party among his college associates who are students at MIT where for the first time a lady kisses him. I think Gogol felt “trapped” in South Asian culture and it is for that reason that he dated Maxine; because her family was different from his own. Why would Gogol eventually marry Moushumi? Since Gogol always had an interest in white women, how could he suddenly change and marry a Bengali woman? I fail to make any sense of this sudden turn. More of these identity crises is portrayed when Gogol’s mother Ashima forcefully asks him to marry Moushumi yet she (Moushumi) didn’t love Gogol and in fact had an affair with another white man. I also think there is a struggle that every young South Asian must deal with. Should every young South Asian person go after his or her heart feelings and upset their parents and community? I just imagine though, that there are some South Asian families that are open to new ideas in connection to relationships?

However, after the death of Gogol’s father, he changes his personality to please his mother. He also tries to show how dynamic the young man was and how he would get to greater heights to please especially because of the sympathy he had for his mother after the death of the father. Gogol first loses his public name, (bhalonam), and later his private pet name, (daknam) how does he endeavor to remake his identity, after choosing to change his name? This brings the dynamism and confusion in the young man who is in a constant struggle to become a “modern” American. In his endeavor to engage in relationships with white ladies, Gogol's encounter with romance is quite different from what the parents had as an experience and their expectations for him. What draws him to his numerous lovers, especially to Maxine, Ruth and eventually Moushumi are different from what influenced the marriage in the case of his parents. What draws these ladies to him is perhaps his new and interesting way of life. All these struggles in the life of Gogol is to ensure that he conforms to the new way of life he sees in American people and to shade off what he perceives of the Indian culture, he lacks identity and personality to defend his own cultural belief systems and the way of life and therefore prone to manipulation by the dominant cultures.

References

Haroun, R. Conflict of cultures: Lessons from Bosinia. Dhaka: University Press Limited, 1998.
Jhumpa, L. The namesake. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004.
Ruth, O. Conflict of Cultures. New York: M. Cavendish, 1990.

Immigration

Immigration

Introduction

Immigration is the process of people moving from their native country to another country for the purpose of establishing residence in that other country. There are two different types of immigration: legal immigration; and illegal immigration. This paper will discuss the process of legally immigrating to the United States; and the process of people immigrating to the United States illegally. The research will provide data to support that legal immigration is an accepted form of moving to the United States from another country. Evidence will also be presented to show that illegal immigration is an unacceptable means of Continue reading...

Introduction

The Iguana Tree is a story that is set amid the perilous intricacies of illegal border crossings. The book narrates the suspenseful story of Lilia and Hector a couple who separately journey from the home in Mexico in search of employment and a safe home for their young daughter in the United States of America. This harrowing novel by Michael Stone meticulously reviews the obstacles that each of the characters endures in the pursuit of a new life (Stone 12).These obstacles include abominable acts like rape and murder in addition to manipulation at the perilous start of the Continue reading...

Immigration

Studies indicate that when an issue is raised in interest to the Black and Latino immigration, the congress “glass is always a half full or half empty.” The Latinos usually embrace the die value of immigration while the black often encroaches mainly on their rights and privileges. It was all drama in the month of February when a bi-partisan group of eight senators decided to craft a bill addressing immigration. The bill outlined their intention to bring foreign laborers into the country. This controversial issue is represented again at the front burner for the President and the congress. Unfortunately, Continue reading...

Discuss the Ways in Which the Chinese Community Depicted in Shun Li and the Poet Functions as a State within a State

Introduction

Shun Li and the Poet is an Italian film officially released in 2011. The film was written and directed by Andrea Segre, one of the seasoned directors in Italy. According to media and news agency interview sessions with Andrea Segre, his foundations in the filmmaking industry was derived from writing and directing documentary films, which he was particularly known for. This is why for those who were able to watch the film, it is highly likely for Continue reading...

Zachary Taylor was born on 25th November 1784 at Barboursville, Virginia. Being born from parents who were ordinary plantation owners, life was not easy for him and had to struggle to rise through the ranks. The many acres of land owned by his family in Kentucky were prosperous with cotton. Millions of black slaves worked as workers in his father’s lands. Taylor realized his dream of being a militia earlier in life and was committed to achieving that dream all through his childhood (Lamb, p.37). In 1808, his dream of serving in the military began materializing when he Continue reading...

The use and application of power are first defined by the social set up that constitutes a society and the country. A country is a composition of multiple nationalities with almost similar cultural practices comprised together in a formal political union and economic integration. Cultural practices in a country determine the overall application of law and practices that defines the do’s and don’ts of a country. The constitution of a country stipulates the scope of power of the government. In drawing up a constitution, cultural practices of the society are put into consideration so that the laws Continue reading...

America has diverse racial and ethnic communities, and this factor plays a key role in the country’s political arena. In this section, I evaluate whether the impact of ethnicity and partisanship on vote swings in a racially diverse community, and in this case Dade County is my main focus.
The elections took another twist because a runoff was declared between two Black candidates: a republican and a Democrat (Cuban American). In Dude, eighty percent of registered voters at that time were Democrats while sixty percent were affiliated to the Republican Party. This twist offered scholars the perfect opportunity Continue reading...

Abstract

Illegal immigration continues to draw many issues in the world today. It is worth noting that illegal immigration affects countries in various ways. As a matter of fact, illegal immigration is an unethical act from the beginning. Law guides business ethics in most cases, and on the same note provide the basic framework whereby businesses will choose to follow. In fact, hiring illegal immigrants affects business ethics in various ways. The controversy of hiring ethical issues and its effects in business ethics based on the fact that there are those who support illegal immigration while other are against hiring Continue reading...

The Irish Way

Analysis of Chapters
The book, “The Irish Way” by James R. Barrett describes the life of Irish immigrants who went to start new lives in America after conditions at home became un-accommodative. The author of the book has structured it in a very interesting manner. To show the various interactions of the Irish immigrants, the book has been subdivided into sections namely, The Parish, The Street, The Stage, The Workplace, The Nation and The Machine. This essay however focus on two of three sections that is, The Workplace, The Stage and The Nation as well as the introductory part Continue reading...

Definition and measurement of the policy

Immigration has been a hot button issue in Alabama in particular and in United States in general. This resulted in Alabama State passing a tough immigration law. In 2001, Alabama passed the HB56. This is the harshest state immigration to have ever been passed in the country. The law attacked virtually every aspect of life of illegal aliens. Among the key provisions of the bill included: Banning landlords from renting their homes to undocumented aliens, allowing schools to check on immigration status of students and permitting the police to arrest any suspected immigration violators. This law thrust Alabama into Continue reading...

Identifying Primary Issues of the American Immigration Situations

Dan Stein, being the president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform of FAIR, entails to establish an advocacy towards an improved system of immigration control in the United States. In his writing, he insists that while America is considered as an open country; often connoted as the land of the free, it should not be abused nor should it be forced to accept people from all other countries just to uphold such reputation. The determination of the American Dream is considered by Stein to have been changed through time, with its meaning specifically deterring in value especially for Continue reading...

Introduction

The state of Texas, just north of the United States-Mexico border, shares a 1,200 mile border with the neighboring country of Mexico. For years, numerous people who are not citizens of the United States have tried and often succeeded in entering the United States illegally through this vast border. Some of the people who enter through the border illegally are trying to relocate to the United States of America in an attempt to find what they hope to be a better life. Others are exploiting the border in the hopes of profiting from committing crimes such as drug Continue reading...

Introduction

About fifteen percent of the population in the United States is immigrants. Sixty percent of the immigrant groups locate their way from Asia. They are also referred to as the Asian Americans. Asian migration to the US was influence by the 1965 passage of immigrant Act; allowing people from China, Philippines, Korea, Vietnam, and India among other Asian countries migrate to the United States. The largest group settled at Hawaii. Today, Asian Americans are among the most established group of immigrants in the US (Cuéllar et al., 2000). This is because of their perception and virtue they hold Continue reading...

Canada is a multicultural area, which has the different sense background, of religious, racial, and cultural festivity. This is notable through the Canadian government adoption of the Multiculturalism policy, in the 1970-80s. This placed the Canadian government, as being the multiculturalism ideology instigator, due to its public prominence on the articulating the social significance of immigration. Therefore, placing the Royal Commission in Canada, dealing with Biculturalism and Bilingualism, often to be referred in multiculturalism as being; the modern political wakefulness derivation.
"Multiculturalism" as a term, has been used by Canadians both descriptively, what is seen as a fact sociologically Continue reading...

Immigration in America

Immigration in America began in 16th century with Spanish settlers, later English and French settlers joined in the 17th century. However, despite continuous immigration in American history, 1880 to 1924 proved to be the epochal period. Between the year 1877 and 1900 immigration took a different perspective as the number increased, increasing concern within the native-born white Americans as compared to the Indian people or black people living in America. During that period, approximately 7,348,000 immigrants entered United States. This led to increase in population from 49 million within 1880’s to 76 Million in the year, Continue reading...

Mark Krikorian believes that measures to curb illegal immigration have yet to achieve an acceptable level of functionality given the scope of the problem. His take on the issue is "Much needs to be done before the United States has the enforcement arrangements necessary to permanently reduce illegal immigration to a nuisance rather than an ongoing crisis." (Krikorian, 2012) He begins his argument with statistics that point to the prevalence of the problem. While immigration has decreased, Krikorian's interpretation of the data suggests this decrease to be deceptive. Though there is an all time decrease in illegal immigration, Krikorian Continue reading...

The Ethics for Business Owners in Hiring Illegal Immigrants

Introduction
There is a great deal of debate concerning the hiring of illegal immigrants by United States businesses. Those against the hiring of illegal immigrants argue that these immigrants are taking jobs away from American workers. In this country, there are actually strong penalties for hiring undocumented or illegal workers because the hiring of illegal immigrants violates both federal and state law. Although it is illegal to hire illegal immigrants, there are these that consider it in terms of an ethical issue for businesses.
So, what is ethics? “There is a difference between ethics and law. The law summarizes Continue reading...

Introduction

Canada is a developed country whose economy resembles that of the United States of America. Canada is a high-technology industrial economy, generating trillions of dollars in annual revenues. The country’s living standards and economic systems are very similar to the US, having economic sectors that complement its manufacturing, mining and service industries .
Canada, along with the United States and Mexico, signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994 which opened trade and economic integration among the three participating countries . Ever since the NAFTA happened, Canada experienced a very dramatic increase in trade with the United States. Continue reading...

For the purpose of these written questions, “AA” denotes Ahmad Abdallah and “TV” denotes the Advocate for the Thames Valley District School Board.
1)
TV: Can you please tell us how you were able to write many English language papers during your studies in Austria? Did you write these papers yourself?
AA: Of course I write these papers myself. I already have level 5 in English before I came to Canada and take the English as Second Language (ESL) studies. My English was already good enough to write papers.
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TV: If your English was already at a proficient Continue reading...

When people feel that their mother country does not offer them what they desire in life, they decide to seek it in other countries. The immigrant issue is an issue that many countries have to deal with human. Immigration is an issue that has been there for many years; there are, however, nations which have a high number of immigrants than others with the US being one of the nations with a high number of immigrants.
Immigrants who have moved to the US have given various reasons for their migration and why they preferred to move to the US Continue reading...

It can be seen that the chapter form a consistent flow capitalized on the thematic agenda. Non of the ten subtopics found in chapter seven has any irrelevant theme of agenda. Additionally, the chapter has provided important citations for every subtopic so as to accord credit to the originators of the text. It can thus be concluded that chapter seven of this book provides a firm ground for addressing its core topic of immigration.
Chapter 7 of the book Introduction Globalization: Analysis and Readings consists of major sub topics. The main topic covered in the chapter dwells intensively about Continue reading...

In the 1850s, California was declared a free state but there was the enactment of the Fugitive Slave Law. This law required that all the slaves who had escaped to return to their masters. In the decade, it was characterized by bloodshed as many slaves were killed in the process as they were being hunted. California in 1852 is seen to encourage the immigrations of the Chinese to come work on the railway line. This contributed majorly to the increased immigration of the Asians to the country. Later on in the 1870, the 15th Amendment was ratified; it gave Continue reading...

Introduction

Immigration into the country is on the rise. Rising number of both legal and illegal immigrants are moving into the country at an alarming rate. Illegal immigrants are significantly on the increase. In the year 2009, illegal immigration was on a record high of 11.9 million people. 6.5 million Of these illegal immigrants were from Mexico while 5.4 million were from other parts of the world (Popkin 282). Lack of efficient and strict immigration policies is behind the successful entrance of the illegal immigrants into US. The current provision of immigration policy allows only visa card holders to move Continue reading...

The Grand Torino is the story of an older man and his interactions with his new neighbors in the Detroit suburbs. The main character is a stereotypically grumpy old widower, and the new family that moves in near him is a family of Hmong immigrants; minority immigrants from Asia. The community is tight-knit, and very cloistered. Within the movie, there is conflict between a gang of young Hmong adults and the immigrants that have moved in next to the main character; slowly, the main character begins to win the trust of the Hmong community for chasing off the gangs, Continue reading...

Introduction

Illegal immigration in US is one of the root causes of economic crisis. Immigration mainly takes place across the southern border and areas bordering Mexico; this is due to inefficient measures set out to manage this menace. In the year 2007, illegal immigration was an all-time high at 12.2 million illegal immigrants who traversed and gained entry into the US. 6.9 million Of these illegal aliens were from Mexico. 5.65 million Came from other parts of the world. While the remaining number were victims whose visas had expired. Texas, Florida and New Jersey are among the states that have Continue reading...

Article Critique

Immigration in the US has for long been a controversial debate, having both its pros and cons. On the one hand of attaining cheap and valued labour, it also poses an imminent threat to the Native Americans on the grounds of employment. One of the main reasons of the conflict also resides in the diversity of the ethnicities. Often there are clashes on the basis of colour, creed or any other discrimination the human conscience has crop up. Unsurprisingly, the US Government in various states is now coming up with stronger laws and stricter punishments to drive these illegal Continue reading...

Introduction

The book, “The Irish Way” by James R. Barrett is a masterpiece written to describe the life of Irish immigrants who went to start new lives in America after conditions at home became un-accommodative. Widespread insecurity, callous English colonizers and the ghost of great famine still lingering on and on in their lives, made this ethnic group be convinced that home was longer a home anymore. They descended in United States of America in large numbers. James R. Barrett in his book notes that these people were the first group of immigrants to settle in America. According to him, Continue reading...

The children of the Asian immigrants and the second generation have experiences in different ways. The children of the Asian immigrants were denied the opportunity to attend the schools. The schools were set aside the children of the whites alone. The cases of racial discrimination against the Asian immigrants went to the extent of denying the children the opportunity to attend schools. The denial of education was, therefore, the main way in which the children of the Asian immigrants were tortured. These children also faced the cases of racial discrimination and abuse. These children experienced cases of abuse the Continue reading...

An American immigrant leaves his or her mother country in search of business opportunities as well as expectations of a superior lifestyle associated with America. These particular expectations are often hinged on the fact they could achieve better lifestyles via better work and schooling opportunities in the United States. Nevertheless, this isn't always the situation. These particular immigrants experience a lot of issues from their new surroundings such as language climate and lifestyle which, to a large extend, influence their successes or failures in the United States. They influence their economic as well as social standing within their new Continue reading...

Immigrant Experience and Teenage Love in Diaz’s “How to Date a Brown Girl (Black Girl, White Girl or Halfie)"

Throughout its history, one of the characteristics of the United States of America has been the immigrant experience that has developed on its soil. The hardships of these people, especially of those that come from Latin American countries, are one of the most important recurring themes in Junot Diaz’s oeuvre. This famous Dominican-American writer has been showered with praise from critics both at a national and at an international level, earning him many prizes and distinctions, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, a MacArthur Fellowship and a professorship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This short story is Continue reading...

The issue of illegal migrants has brought about dilemma leading to numerous discussions, debates and arguments. The number of illegal immigrants in the US is large, which led to the introduction of identity cards since illegal immigrants have been subject to victimization. According to the Wall Street Journal, lawmakers worked on crafting an immigration bill, which will enable organizations to prevent the employment of illegal immigrants. The whole process remained a controversy since it involved issuing of identity cards to both US citizens and immigrants. There have been other bills, which have been introduced in the past, but the Continue reading...

Question 1Of course, yes, I do agree, Let us look at the perception of poverty against overpopulation. When people are many in a certain state than there sources available there must be poverty in that state. People's consciousness tells them of their responsibility to aid them out of their despair with shelter, infrastructure, food, and the way to build up their nation.If people would avoid making babies, they would not be staying in poverty. Instead of cornmeal, these we should ship them condoms. Instead of antibiotics, we send them IUDs.Question 2Yes, the US government should stop funding these agencies. Continue reading...

Abstract

The issue on illegal immigrants has always beset the American society. Many immigrants go to America to pursue what most people call as “the American dream”, often believing that America is the “land of milk and honey”. The problem however, is that there a number of immigrants without the necessary legal documents. Two opposing views on whether illegal immigrants should be beneficiaries of government benefits exist. Benefits given to both legal and illegal immigrants include healthcare, education, housing and employment benefits. This paper aims to show the pros and cons of giving benefits to illegal immigrants in the view Continue reading...

Adaptation is one of the topics, which is being discussed among the scientists of all ranges. The main cause of the topic popularity is the fact that the development process that takes place in nature and society is aimed at adaptation to the changing life conditions. However, the transformation of society at the turn of the XX and XXI centuries led to very dramatic changes in society, and the modern theory and practice of adaptation needs serious rethinking. As part of transformation processes, one can talk about the transition from one qualitative state to another, what eventually leads to Continue reading...

Immigration: The Primary Element Contributing to the Society’s Diversity

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Introduction:

Effects of Immigration on Social Diversity
This section shall discuss both the pros and cons of immigration in the society and how diversity in itself presents the same values of pros and cons that make up modern urbanized locations around the world today.

Conclusion

This section summarizes the whole point to which the discussion is dedicated to; identifying the connection between immigration and social diversity. It shall provide a final definition on how these two elements make up the modern society that specifically supports the new system of new human living process.
Immigration is the reason why most urban Continue reading...

Early Canadian Multicultural Policy towards Ethnic Minorities: A Historical Background

It is significant to see that early Canadian multicultural policies towards ethnic minorities must be interpreted in two different outlooks. Firstly, there was a Government official policy towards the French Canadians. Throughout the British colonial era, British authorities generally enforced multicultural policies that were both prejudiced and assimilative with the aim to bring this ethnic group into the British control. Since Confederation, nevertheless, French Canadians were able to gain significant political and legal independence rights. This consisted of some political freedom through the acknowledgment of Quebec as a province, representation in political bodies, and legal language rights.
In contrast, Continue reading...