Essays on Immigration

October 29. 1929, also known as Black Tuesday, will forever be known as one of the most significant days in the 20th century. It was on this day that the stock market crashed rattling the United States and Canadian economies. For Canadians, this time meant...

“But all Americans are hurt by uncontrolled, illegal migration. It strains public resources and drives down jobs and wages” (Trump). America has always been known as the melting pot, a place where people come from any country imaginable to live the “American Dream”. While racism...

Republicans and Democrats have always been divided on issues especially immigration. As the United States becomes more divided so do the political sides that we choose based off our own beliefs. Also, with the divide in what each side believes there is a divide in...

Undocumented immigrants are often being discriminated against, threatened or in constant fear with deportation, poor treatment, or separation from their loved ones. There are reasons why immigrants come to the United States. Some of the main reasons they migrate is in seek of a better...

Immigration can be described as the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. Immigrating is commonly synonymous with the term immigrant. Being an illegal immigrant in the United States can cause stress and agony for those who come to the United States...

America is a nation of immigrants. Starting with the Spanish and French who began establishing settlements followed by the English who set up their first permanent in present-day Virginia. Americans consider the first immigrants to be the indentured servants and then Africans who were forced...

Each year, hundreds of people from Central America decide to migrate on a dangerous journey through Mexico to the United States. Every migrant who decides to travel to the United States goes knowing their life is at risk. They make this their journey hoping to...

Lavish images of Fifth Avenue and the Upper East Side claim the title of ‘New York City’, filling the mind with descriptions of great wealth and well-dressed gentiles strolling the crowded streets filled with a vast diversity of people. Like everything, however, there is more...

Over the past several decades, roughly 35,000 Syrian refugees have been accepted into Canada. As the refugee population increases, it is becoming more important to understand the factors that promote and foster pre- and post arrival mental health of children and their academic achievement. Experiencing...

Introduction Syria lies in between Iraq which is to the east, Israel and Jordan as well as Lebanon to the west, and Turkey to the north. These neighboring countries will have an impact on the lives of the Syrians as the war begins to progress....

My contemporary art that I going to talk is “The Son of a Migrant from Syria” a famous mural painted by Banksy in 2015. Banksy is an anonymous England-based street artist, vandal, political activist, and film director. He has been active since the 1990s. Banksy...

The Syrian civil war has caused one of the biggest refugee crises seen in recent years. As in any war there casualties and collateral damage, and in this case it was the people of Syria. Due to this war more than 5.6 million people escaped...

Throughout history, millions of people across the world have gone through the universal refugee experience of fleeing their countries, and finding a new home in societies abroad. A refugee is someone who is forced to flee from their home country to escape conflict or danger....

The opposing views between liberals and conservatives is a never ending debate in itself. One side supports positive things to say on the topic while the opposing has mainly negative and constructive points. Depending on which part of the spectrum one falls they will use...

One of the biggest issues we see today in our community is about immigrants’ rights and the number of deportations that have occurred these past years. Why is it that immigrants are always looked down as and aren´t given the same rights as citizens? “They...

Immigration is a very controversial topic in the United States. Some people want a wall built between Mexico and the United States to stop illegal immigration. Others want open borders. Some are worried about national security, while others are worried about the people trying to...

More than 44.5 million immigrants resided in the United States in 2017, which is the historical high since census records have been kept and according to 2017 American Community Survey (ACS) data, one in seven U.S. residents is foreign born. In this essay I will...

Joseph Fort Newton once said, “men build too many walls and not enough bridges.” Historically the use of political symbolism has served as an engine for strengthening and immortalizing regimes; consolidating and unifying citizens in a physical manifestation steeped in their respective rhetoric. The Border...

Immigration. It’s a controversial topic that has two sides to it, with some seeing it as something positive and others as negative. With Immigration mainly being perceived as something negative and used as a scapegoat whenever the nation finds itself dealing with problems, many either...