What is life like for immigrants in the U.S.? (Include at least three details and back up with evidence).
About 74% of immigrants planned to stay in the U.S. but about 18% decided they’d move, according to Migration Policy Institute. Immigrants had different experiences when they came to America. Mexicans were “peasants” when they came to America. According to America on the Move, “Mexican peasants, desperate for cash work, were willing to take jobs at wages scorned by most Americans” (“America on the Move”). Some mexicans came to America to have a better life and a job. They took jobs that they didn’t like just to get money. In 1942, a program called “Bracero program” enabled Mexicans to “take temporary agricultural work” in the U.S. In addition, a syrian refugee named Ali Mohammed says, “We are people who want to work, to build a life. If we came to America, that means we are escaping war” (Ali Mohammed, CNN). Living in America made it difficult for immigrants because some people didn’t want them here. Furthermore, according to Marisela from …show more content…
He works as a meatpacker at Garden City, Kansas. One day, he was riding a cab and the driver told him that the crops are dying. Other citizens decided to move to America because of this. Since Mexico’s crops are dying, they wanted to move to the U.S. The Flores family hopes that “they can get the required papers to come and go to America as they please.” They didn’t want to cross the border “illegally.” Pedro finds out that his sponsor’s income combined with his isn’t enough to bring his family to the U.S. Calling everyone they knew, they asked if they could be their sponsor for their visas. Someone was finally able to approved their visas. They have everything they needed to come to America. Ventura Flores felt homesick because everything was different. But months later, she was finally happy because she was “surrounded by family like in