Javier Herrera English 1301
7 November 2016
The 7 Biggest Challenges Facing Refugees and Immigrants in the US
According to Christina Nunez, it is factual that regardless of the challenges that immigrants and refugees especially the undocumented ones, they continue to live in United States with great perseverance and strength (Nunez, n.p.). This is according to the experience by Nunez after a one year working in Salt Lake City, Utah. It appears that though most of the immigrants think their struggles would be over after arriving in the country, it actually gets harder for them. Sometimes it becomes harder than it was in their homeland. As a result, Nunez highlights some of the major challenges that immigrants and refugees endure during
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Precisely, the article is subdivided in several parts that effectively complement each other which makes it easy for the reader to capture the theme of the content. The author starts with an introductory part that cites from the personal experience example to capture the minds of the reader not only on the challenges faced by immigrants but also on what it takes to be an refugee in a country such as United States (Nunez, n.p.). After the introductory part, the author highlights the challenges faced by immigrants chronologically starting with the basic/major ones with regards to how they supplement each other. For instance, Nunez starts with challenges in speaking English followed with the problem of raising children, securing jobs, accessing housing, getting healthcare services, transportation problems and later cultural barriers (Nunez, n.p.). Precisely, Nunez depicts that the difficulty in learning and speaking English deters immigrants from securing jobs which automatically denies them housing, health care and transportation services. Additionally, the author tries to show that the mother of all major problems that immigrants face could be language barrier. Language barrier makes the employers think that the immigrant is illiterate thus denying them a position in the business. Therefore, without an income, the immigrant is unable to cater for housing and healthcare expenses. With regard to transportation challenge, Nunez contends that immigrants cannot obtain a driving license because they are not legal citizens. On the other hand, for the public transport, if the immigrant cannot speak English, he or she needs a translator to tell the driver about the destination (Nunez, n.p.). Furthermore, it is hard for the immigrant to identify which bus to board for the desired destination. Lastly, cultural barrier is associated with language barrier where it becomes