...As the daughter of two hardworking immigrants who left everything behind to start a new life in the United States, my background is not an entirely unique one. My parents entered the country illegally and as a child, I never knew exactly what that meant. I did not know the reason my father always drove at the exact speed limit and never over was because he was petrified of being pulled over or that the reason I had never met my grandparents was because traveling to my parent's home country was impossible. I did not know that if my parents were caught by immigration they could be deported back to El Salvador, separating us by thousands of miles. Growing up in a rough neighborhood in Dallas, there were various families in the same situation as ours, so I had not...
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...I consider myself a very fortunate person. I was born in India and at a young age, my parents decided to bring me to the United States. It was an exciting part of my life as I was able to learn about the intriguing American culture that was so different from my own. Sometimes, however, I envision my life had I not moved to this country in which I have become a bold, independent and knowledgeable young lady. I realize that if I had lived in India I would not have experienced the best of two exceptional cultures, and I would not have had the opportunities which have shaped me into the person I am today. Yet, through this experience, I have become empathetic in understanding the struggles of being an immigrant. You see, it wasn’t always easy being the new girl. When I first moved to the United States, it was hard for me to fit in with everyone else. This...
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...I transformed pain into wisdom despite constant dehumanization from society. As a first generation undocumented immigrant, I experienced crossing the border illegally, a hostile nightmare, and sexual harassment in pursuit of inaccessible opportunities. Therapy and antidepressants have been prescribed through this traumatizing journey, however, perseverance, inspired by wisdom, is why I continue to fight, survive, and thrive. I am a strong candidate for admission because I disclose first-hand accounts of an undocumented immigrant who achieved academic success, continues to survive, and serves the community, meanwhile on the race towards finishing a Baccalaureate degree. I was eight-years-old when I crossed the border illegally. We got off a bus in the middle of nowhere on a cold night. Walking five hours with sponges tied to our shoes avoiding footprints that Border Patrol could find. I felt my heart beating in my feet. I was exhausted! We reached an orange grove where we were able to finally rest. My siblings and I huddled together to create body warmth; when suddenly sprinklers turned on. I began to cry as the water was freezing and I felt as if my bones had lit on fire. Finally, lights pulled up. Like sardines, we crammed onto a car for three hours until reaching our destination Phoenix, Arizona....
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...I am a 4th generation Italian american I am very proud of my Italian heritage, my ancestors, and the work they put in to pave the way for me and my generation to live the American dream. My great grandparents immigrated here from Italy in the 1920s. They came as they would say, "acrossa da big water ina da boat, to Ameriga" When Italians first started coming over we were in every way well received. We were given many derogatory names such as WOP, Dego, Greaseball, Guido and Ginny (Guinea) just to name a few. It was hard for Italians to get hired to work and we all stuck together forming self sustaining neighborhoods. Since that time our popularity has done nothing but grow If you look around your life, in every aspect you will find Italians....
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...Sells.session1.journal As an imigrant I have faced a lot of discrimination, especially at work since I'm the only latina in my department that was not born in the U.S. Because of this, I don't feel as happy and fulfilled as I should. I know I do my job correctly and to the best of my ability. I take personal pride in knowing I go the extra mile for my patient's, however, others take the credit for the good I do and blame me for everything that is wrong. I want to better myself to show them and my kids that I can do whatever I put my mind to. I was fearful that I would come across these same kinds of difficulties going through the admission process and in classes as I have at work. But once I took the innitiative of doing something to enrich...
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...I am a proud daughter of an undocumented immigrant. My father is also widowed. When I was little it was quite difficult to comprehend school or anything at all. As a young girl, I struggled to comprehend my schoolwork especially since my parents’ and I first language was Spanish and not English. I vaguely remember going to my older cousin’s house and asking for help. My parents during my early childhood tried as best as they could to help me find someone who would be able to explain how to do my homework. Despite the limited financial resources my parents and I had we were able to get through the early years of my childhood. In the beginning of 2013 disaster struck. My mother became sick. On April 9, 2013, my mother passed away and she left...
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...Webster dictionary defines immigrant as a person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence. Being an immigrant myself, it means more to me than that. It means the experience me and my parents had through the process and how it affected me. It means my parents leaving everything behind in their beloved homeland to seek a better future for their children, more than halfway through their life. For me personally, it meant having to leave my friends, my school, the community I was a part of, and moving to a new place that was very different in every aspect of life. But being an immigrant means more to me than just the hardship of adjusting to a new country, it has taught me lessons in life that will stick with me for the entirety of...
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...I am an immigrant, simple as that. As an immigrant, my life is like any human in this world. But in this case, there is fear and emotional moments that happened to me that I will never forget. Afraid that I may not be who I want to be. Never have I imagine that I would have this kind of situation. Dealing with these events is not that easy. My mom's timing made a big difference for me. She came illegally in the United States and later became pregnant with me. Until she made a butterfly effect and made a whole difference. When she was almost eight months pregnant to me, she decided to go back to Mexico and gave birth to me there instead. At Mexico, she had problems finding jobs and did not have enough money to take care of me. She went back to the United States with me and returned illegally. If she could have stayed at least one month, she would have given me birth in America, and I would have become a U.S. citizen. Finding out that I am not legal, I became worried about my future. Worried that I may not get a job, go to college, and not even get a driver's license. Besides finally getting a DACA, a document that gives young immigrants permission...
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...became a divided country in two, so he could never see his family again until now. Notwithstanding his deep sorrow that was originated in dispersed families, he devoted himself to pastoral duties for his whole life in South Korea. Even though I was raised in poverty, I was blessed every moment through my parents’ praying. Every early in the morning, my mom prayed for six daughters individually setting her right hand on our foreheads. My father prayed for us constantly until this very moment. I cannot express enough by words how helpful this was to overcome my difficulties and affliction in my life. Like my father had touch and difficult times in his life journey as a immigrant to south Korea, I have seen and heard lots of problems of the 1.5 generation...
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...My parents, Bolivian immigrants that moved here to start a new life.To give their 3 children the ability to attain an education and a degree that means something.While living here, my parents worked more than 50 hours a week,my dad working 2 jobs a day, and my mom taking care of us. As growing up my parents always said that there only inheritance they will be leaving us when the pass, is a college education. They highly showed us that hard work in this country is always paid back and rewarded in all sorts of types of ways. Which is something that makes me,me, the amount of work that you put into something is what you're going to get out of it A challenge that really put my parents values they emphasized into effect was in elementary.I wasn't...
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...Growing up as a child to immigrant parents was difficult. Being in a small town where everyone knew everyone was not familiar to me. I did not have any relatives In America. I did not have any cousins to play with. I did not have aunts and uncles in here. When my parents came to the U.S. it was like coming to a new world. When my parents found out they were expecting, they came to America to have and raise me. My parents came to America in 1996. Back then it was not hard to cross the Boarded back and forth. They decided it was a risk they should take in order to give me more opportunists then the ones they ever had. They made sure to visit their families in case it was the last time they would see each other. Three years after I was born,...
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...immigration through personal narratives, and many Hispanic immigrants like sharing their stories to inform others and give themselves a voice. Personal narratives tell us that Hispanic immigration to the United States needs to be reformed promptly. These narratives tell us that immigration will never end despite the current US government’s...
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...a violent provocation. Manipulated public opinion about domestic immigration policy. Introduction - The great May Day marches of 2007 began a new social movement on the issue of immigration. Its outpour forced US citizens to consider the existence of immigrant workers in society. Moral legitimacy The nations perception of immigrant-rights marchers is a crucial factor that helps shape national attitudes towards immigrants and immigration policy. How TV depicted the assault by Alabama police and state troopers with truncheons and tear gas on 600 nonviolent civil right marchers in Selma in 1965. - May Day 2007- two separate marches took place in LA Morning- took place as normal without any incident Afternoon- ended violently. LA police suddenly attacked 7000 peaceful demonstrators. Paralleled an earlier episode of LA police misconduct- Marked a turning point in Chicano Moratorium - 40 years ago the nations perception of the marchers was not crucial Today, the medias portrayal of immigrant rights is key to the public perception and to the ultimate success of this new social movement. - Research on television news representation has underscored its power in the framing of social movements, Latinos and immigrants. The mass media present the news regularly document the use of crude and demeaning Latino stereotypes These depictions reflect the restricted access Latinos have to all kinds of media One decade later, research shows that Latinos...
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...Mukherjee and the American Immigrant: Reimaging the Nation in a Global Context Leah Rang University of Tennessee - Knoxville, lrang@utk.edu Recommended Citation Rang, Leah, "Bharati Mukherjee and the American Immigrant: Reimaging the Nation in a Global Context. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2010. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/655 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses by an authorized administrator of Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact trace@utk.edu. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a thesis written by Leah Rang entitled "Bharati Mukherjee and the American Immigrant: Reimaging the Nation in a Global Context." I have examined the final electronic copy of this thesis for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, with a major in English. Urmila Seshagiri, Major Professor We have read this thesis and recommend its acceptance: Lisi Schoenbach, Bill Hardwig Accepted for the Council: Carolyn R. Hodges Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School (Original signatures are on file with official student records.) To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a thesis written by Leah Rang entitled ―Bharati Mukherjee and the American Immigrant: Reimagining the Nation...
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...Vallejo as a mere formality but other histories beg to differ with this opinion and has recorded a contradicting claim. Salvador Vallejo and his men were rescued by some indigenous men and later run away from Sonoma. As prisoners, Vallejo and his men were sent to Sutter’s Fort where they were abused and treated harshly by the immigrants and parts of the white literature claims that California prisoners were fed coarse food, and they were not allowed to communicate with their friends or their families. more than necessary they were insulted by the prisoner guards. However, it is worth noting that not all immigrants especially of Euro-American ethnicity were brutal and inhuman to the indigenous people. Some of them were decent and treated the locals like fellow human beings. A good example of such men was John Montgomery, an American soldier with the U.S. Navy who offered to help Benicia Carillo the wife of Salvador Vallejo until the situation had cooled down and order was restored in Mexico. However, there was no physical violence that has ever been reported or recorded in histories against Californians showing that the majority of victims of the immigrants’ violence and brutality were the...
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