Essays on Immigrants

Jewish liberals and reformists in Western/Middle Europe during the 19th century were confronted with a rather significant predicament that forced them to reconcile with the stark discrepancy between emancipation and existing as a group that was at best tolerated. The sacrifice in choosing the “package”…

Assimilation describes the act of taking something in and absorbing it fully. Assimilation comes from the Latin assimilationem, meaning “likeness’ or ‘similarity.”… Assimilation can also refer to the absorption of new ideas into existing knowledge. An example of assimilation is the change of dress and…

Everyone coming to America slowly integrates into our society. What is assimilation? According to Merriam-Webster, one meaning of assimilation is to absorb into the cultural tradition of a population or group. When people come to the United States of America, they should learn our language,…

Immigrants around the world have come together and introduced new cultures to make America what it is today. Rodriguez’s claim that assimilation is something that is a great thing and is bound to happen is accurate because of how culture is fluid. Assimilation is something…

Have you ever noticed the natural way of assimilation accomplished by immigrants? It is common knowledge that immigrants tend to assimilate naturally to American culture rather than forcing themselves to become an American. When immigrants from a culture come to America, they don’t tell themselves…

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni portrays Manu and Jagjit in The Mistress of Spices to present this instance. Manu, a seventeen-year-old boy follows the American ways of life and indulging in drinking whisky and beer and going to prom to dance with cheap girls of America, which…

Donald Trump’s election to the U.S. presidency brought anger, hate, and fear for immigrants and American citizens. One of the biggest issues in Trump’s presidency is his immigration policy. In September 2017, Trump rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This program was…

When Barack Obama was elected President of the United States in 2008, one of the biggest conveniences for many immigrants was Obama’s promise to reform America’s immigration system. Although it can be argued that Mr. Obama did not make a big enough impact on the…

Throughout history, the topic of immigration has remained a major controversy in America between both Republicans and Democrats. A similar issue, known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), was a program passed by the Obama administration in 2012. Not only did this program…

DACA and the Dream act is good for America because It brings many benefits to it. Not only do the illegal immigrants have a benefit from it but so does America. Many young people relied on the programs as a way for them to be…