n Translation Nation, Hector Tobar visits different cities around America to learn first hand about the struggles Latin American immigrants faced and how they endured through the pain and suffering to forge new identities and transform America. Tobar reveals the unsettling changes these immigrants undergo becoming American as they undertake tribulations in new lands, struggling to reinvent their identities while continuing to embrace and nurture their Latin American identities. The United States is undergoing major demographic and cultural changes primarily driven by Latinos, leading to the Americanization of Latinos and the Latinization of America as a new Latin Republic in the United States develops where immigrants can embrace their transnational identity. I will detail the adversity Latin Americans endured immigrating to America described in chapter five, explain how they come together to build a community and reinvent new …show more content…
These Latin American immigrants are being pushed away from their home countries by economic distress and political instability while simultaneously being pulled to America in hopes of achieving the “American Dream,” or in other words, a better life associated with a much more stable government and economy with enhanced employment opportunities that allow laborers to comfortably provide for their families. Unfortunately, these opportunities for freedom, prosperity, and better lives with better paying jobs allowing workers to obtain cozy homes and properly provide for their families prove to be quite contradictory as they suffer severely after arriving in America, enduring major unexpected