Immigration Reflection

Julian Pina-Sanz

2/9/08

Immigration Reflection

I think that a immigrant in my sense is someone who moved from one country to another to live there. I can think of many reasons why someone would want to leave their homeland to go to another country. For example, they could be moving for more job opportunities or they could be moving because there could be gangs that are killing, drug problems, poor economy or a poor guided society. I would say that the US has more well paying jobs and a safer environment than some other places, like some parts in Africa were there is killing, child soldiers, and drugs.

Much of the US has been affected by immigration in bad ways and good ways. For example there are more cultural restaurants that a lot of people like very much and people can learn more languages in school and be able to communicate with other people who only speak that language. The bad side is that some of the immigrants move over here and spread some of the bad things that are happening in their countries.

I think that I connect to immigration a lot because I was born in London, England and the rest of my family is from Venezuela in South America except for my sister. So I can get to learn about Venezuelan culture, and American culture and even more from friends who are either immigrants themselves or have a immigrant family. And I think that immigration helps learning in that way. I have many friends and family members from different places, like some of my friends are from Mexico, Asia, Central America, and even Europe