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…The Daughter of Invention, a short story by Julia Alvarrez, chronicles a daughter's struggles to adapt to mainstream America in New York as an immigrant from the Dominican Republic. Her family is fleeing from the dictatorial regime of Trujillo. Julia's…

…as Britain contains England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This is generally overlooked and irritates each nation as all are put in a generalisation. Another topic of discussion is that of immigrants that add to a multicultural Britain. A lot has…

…Bilingual Education For decades, immigrant children have been taught in their native languages in schools across the country while slowly and simultaneously receiving English as a second language. But like anything, bilingual education…

…During the19th century industrialization and urbanization were at their peaks. With constant labor, and the power to run business anyway one might like, the rich kept getting rich at the expense of the poor. By offering jobs to immigrants at the wages…

…in Germany is mostly Protestant and Roman Catholic. Germany is mainly an industry based country. Most male adults would learn a trade such as electrician to be their life long job. The man I interviewed about his immigration from Germany in nineteen fifty two…

…It was the early 1900s and industrial development was booming. The Immigrated population was expanding exponentially because people from a variety of foreign countries were migrating to America. Many settled in and around the areas of Chicago…

…Americans wanted to maintain their culture. Lots of problems led people to believe that immigrants were the problem, which led to anti-immigrant mindsets. Its hard to believe that some people out there just don’t want foreigners here, be it because…

…they saw lots of business opportunities. That was the place where they thought they could start their new career. Even today, 70% of the people are originally from other countries. As we know that there were thousands of immigrants in Chicago, few questions…

…The United States has always been known as "The Land of Immigrants." People from all parts of the globe have traveled to America, to be free from oppression, disease, and hunger, or simply to start a new life. Many different people of different culture…

…of old Fort Wood; a 150-ft (45-m) pedestal, built through American funding, is made of concrete faced with granite. On it is a tablet, affixed in 1903, inscribed with The New Colossus, the famous sonnet of Emma Lazarus, welcoming immigrants to the United…