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…, they did not find America very welcoming. Not only was America greatly in debt, America was trying to pass anti-immigration laws. These laws would keep out nonwhites and the people who had ideas that clashed with America's conservative views. The government…

…of interactions from his past in Barbados. Clarke feels “ a significant part of [his] history and development ended when [he] set foot in Toronto.” This “rootlessness” is what Clarke feels drives many immigrant youth to violence. Staples, on the other hand, feels…

…will not only hurt children, but also hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants who have worked in the United States for decades and paid into Social Security and income taxes. Cave thinks that compassion in the system leads to a lifetime dependency on welfare…

…that govern drug use are patently arbitrary and have their bases in racial prejudice and the comfort index of old male legislators. The first opium regulatory laws were enacted in San Francisco in response to Asian immigrants entertaining married white women…

…as a whole. Since 1776, the American flag has been carried high in the air when going into battle. The flag symbolizes the unity of the colony states against the British Government. America has a cultural diversity from a side range of immigrants…

…dwellers, now faced with the immigrant waves of newly landless peoples desperate to find someplace the rare and poorly paid job? Can ever increasing consumption be sustained forever? When will the forests be gone? How many cars can be built and boug! ht? How…

…Yorker with a high school diploma or G.E.D. can attend a college in the City University. Open Admissions meant working people, the poor, people of color, and immigrants whose segregated, inferior public education may have failed to adequately prepare them…

…been seen as the land of opportunity, the sole reason why many people immigrated here from all over the world is that it was a place of freedom, free from persecutions and unjust rulings. Being able to express our selves without the fear of persecution…

…Cities magnified problems of poverty, disease, crime, and corruption. Another source for progressive reform is the arrival of immigrants. And last but not least the massive depression that hit in 1893- 1897 made people realize that equal opportunity…

…American History October 10, 1999 The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (1911) What do we think of when we hear the word sweatshop? Many people associate that word with female immigrant workers, who receive very minimal pay. The work area is very…