Immigration

Throughout the week, for history, we explored and learned about immigration.

Immigration is the international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there.

During the lesson, I learned that without immigration in the U.S., our American society, culture, diversity, and unity would not have strengthened and transformed.

Graphs - Explain the Trends - Infographic - this link will take you a video on an infographic that explains the changing state of US ethnicity

In the first part of exploring immigration, we studied and watched an infographic explaining the trends shown in the video. After watching the infographic, we created graphs to enhance our explanation on the trends as shown below. 

Reflection:
I believe that actually creating the graphs on the infographic helped me better understand how US ethnicity changed state, the percent of the total population in the US, and the sources of immigration people came to America from.




Graph 1: Graph 1 shows the percentage of the total US population by 2010 including White Non-Hispanics, WHite Hispanics, African Americans, Asians, 2+ races, American Indians, Hawaiian & Pacific Islanders, and some other race.

Graph 2: Graph 2 shows the sources of immigration and how over almost 150 years, the total immigrants in the USA rose dramatically after 1820, most of whom were European following Germany, Italy, Ireland, Hungary, England, Scotland, and Wales, Russia, and the Baltic States, and Scandinavia.

Push and Pull Factors - this link will take you to a website that talks about reasons why people emigrate and immigrate

What are push and pull factors?
Push & Pull Factors of Human Migration - a link to a video that talks about push & pull factors


Push and pull factors are the reasons why people emigrate and immigrate. Push factors are the reasons why people leave a place. Pull factors are the reasons why people are attracted to new places to live. Some examples of push factors are because of war, famine, and natural disasters and few jobs. Some instances of pull factors are safety, education, better health care, and job opportunities.

this graphic is a diagram that shows visualizations of the reasons for push and pull factors

Reflection:
I think it is sad and unfortunate that numerous people are forced to leave their country because of war, famine, natural disasters, and few jobs assuming that they don't have any other choice to do instead of fleeing is rather frightening.








Immigration to US 1851-1900 this link will take you to a website that talks about immigration

majority of immigrants came from Europe

Many parts of the world decided to leave their homes and immigrate to the United States because the US was perceived as the land of economic opportunity. Nearly 12 million immigrants arrived in the United States between 1870 and 1900. The vast majority of these people were from Germany, Ireland, and England.

Once settled, immigrants looked for work. Employees often took advantage of immigrants. Men were generally paid less than other workers, and women less than men. Immigrants were often stereotyped and discriminated and suffered verbal and physical abuse because they were "different." The newcomers helped transform American society and culture, demonstrating that diversity, as well as unity, is a source of national strength.

Reflection:

a picture that says "Dream Act = Our Future", and I totally support it

As I was reading this website, I kept thinking about how repulsive these employees were to take advantage of immigrants and abuse them both verbally and physically because they were "different." I also believe that it is unfair regarding the fact that women were paid less than men but men were paid less than other workers. I truly don't believe that those kinds of acts are acceptable anywhere although they still do happen today in America but also everywhere else which is really depressing. Without immigration in the U.S., our American society, culture, diversity, and unity would not have strengthened and transformed.


American Immigration Policy Timeline this link will take you to a website that talks about the immigration policy since the creation of our nation

In 2001, the Development, Relief, and Education of Alien Minors, also known as the DREAM Act, was a bill in Congress that would have granted legal status to certain undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally by their parents as children and went to school here. Unfortunately, the bill did not pass. 


Reflection: I personally support the DREAM Act and I think that it should have been a bill that was passed by Congress. I believe that the DREAM Act would have rewarded success by providing relief to immigrants that came to America illegally. The DREAM Act would have also helped high-achieving immigrant youth that came to the US as small children.


Nativism this link will take you to a website that talks about how nativism affects immigrants from the past and present

Nativism refers to a policy or belief that protects or favors the interest of the native population of a country over the interests of immigrants. Nineteenth-century nativism in the United States contained a strong anti-Catholic strain many of the newly arrived immigrants hailed from predominantly Roman Catholic countries. The Know-Nothing Party was the most prominent American nativist organization of the 19th century. Nativism imposed stricter immigration laws and controls on migrant labor. Skilled tradesman provided inexpensive labor that threatened the well-being of native artisans and other workers.

Reflection: I, myself, personally don't believe in nativism. I think that it is wrong that people believe in the interest of the native population of a country over the interests of immigrants because they are "different". You can't force people to change their race, color, ethnicity, the language they speak, culture, or their religion just to blend in with the natives. Immigrants immigrate for a reason, to be free and thrive from any complications happening in their home country having a desire to find a job once they enter the native population. 

Thoughts on Images Related to Nativism

Reflection:

This message is very racist. Imagine having to deal with these kinds of messages every time you walk by a "white only" neighborhood is just really sad and depressing. Who would have even thought of a "white only" neighborhood, and why? Hmm, I wonder what was going through their mind...

Reflection:

This picture shows a man holding a board that says "Deport All Iranians". I don't understand, what did the Iranians ever do to that man? It's not like he owns and is in charge of the whole country. Just imagine scrolling through Native grounds minding your own business, and then all of a sudden, "Hey, go get deported, you don't belong here! This is not your country!" 

Reflection:

I think this picture shows obvious disrespect to someone else's culture and to the language they speak. Nowadays, people are being harassed in public by random strangers that are not even being bothered by them because they are speaking their language. I just think these kinds of acts are rude, unnecessary, and discourteous, although they still do happen every day in people's lives which makes me feel exasperated.

The End.

thanks for reading my immigration blog.