Immigration To The Us Essay

Los Hijos De Los Estados Unidos Immigration into the United States has long been a defining factor of the country. From the arrival of colonial settlers to the current policy surrounding immigration, the impacts of immigration impact almost every facet of our country. While American attitudes towards immigration have varied in our country's history, especially for Latinos who immigrate here, the process of immigration is harrowing. For people from Latin America, immigrating to the United States starting a new life, and adjusting to a new culture is a difficult and long process. And while the process of moving to the U.S. is difficult and long, living in the United States is much more difficult for many. Factors like whether or not they understand

For people illegally migrating to the United States, the journey can be a very dangerous and even deadly process. From crossing the deserts near the Southern American Border to swimming or sailing across the Atlantic to Florida, immigrating to the U.S. can be very traumatic, and opening up about the topic can be very difficult. This can greatly impact the relationships between parents and their second-generation children. It is something that the children cannot fully grasp as they have not had to endure it and therefore can have difficulties understanding the impacts of it. It is important to understand the impacts of immigration on familial relationships between parents and their children to understand how it affects the identity of first and second-generation Latino

Many Latinos find comfort and connection with one another over their shared culture and can find a basis of relation based on the fact that they speak a Latin language, have families that come from the same country, or have the same love of their culture's food. Many of these bases of relationship are not as easily found between Latino-American children and other children. For example, in, Making a Home Among Strangers, Lizet does have trouble connecting with other students on campus. This differs from her life at home where she was one of many Cubans living in the South Florida area but after going to college in New York, that dynamic changed. The book even reflects how the friends she did make in school, didn’t understand her identity as a Cuban-American. “When people asked, So where are you from? …Miami, I'm from Miami. Oh, they'd say, But where are you from from? I was from from Miami, but eventually, I learned to say what they were trying to figure out: My parents are from Cuba. No, I've never been. Yes, I still have family there. No, we don't know Fidel Castro.” (Crucet, 9) These scenarios are common for many Latinos in the United States. For others who might not understand, like the students a Lizet’s school, the