For many individuals, they will do almost anything to improve their education. To be considered intelligent, a person needs to know more information other just from books. They need to learn from other people’s mistakes or try out something new just to experience how they would do at it. Some took extra work to pay off their loans for education or just to keep their some cash in their pockets.
Those who came from many different regions of the world, they have a hard time learning English once they come to America, since we normally uses English to speak to one another. On the other hand, for those who catch on quickly, learning a new language will be a fun and easy experience for them.
As for me, leaning English is a challenge. I used to take a couple of lesson before I came here. By the time I arrived here, those lessons I took doesn’t take me far from square one. Somehow they help me right through the day, but once I attended Junior High, I have to take extra classes like ESL since I couldn’t speak much. Day by day I struggle to learn a little bit of this and that. At the same time as time gradually moving forward, now I knew how to speak and understand English a bit better.
As for the immigrants, some choose to learn and some don’t. Those who choose to study; they’re looking for a much greater future than those who doesn’t. Sure, it must be hard to learn at first, but in the end, they’ll be learning another language which could help them get through their life.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Struggle to settle
Going back on visitors, if they wish to stay in the US, they have to file for a case, or they have to apply to the DV lotteries. A DV lottery is a residence card lottery that was started by Bush Senior. If a person wins a DV lottery they can easily get their residence card, along with their family, no questions asked. However if you want to test your ability and try it out yourself, things will get a bit more complicated.
First of all, you will require a lawyer that is well paid, and has connections to keep your job permit in check. Next, you have to explain your case to him. If it is a valid case, and there are sure chances of winning, the lawyer will let you know. If not, then, the lawyer and you will create a totally original background story, and from there on, you may fight the case.
If your first case for the green card is rejected, you will get an appeal. But to get this appeal you need to pay $10,000, and bring it to the higher court system. If you case loses for the second time, then you will receive a deportation notice. Either the court will pay for your ticket, or you can pay for your own.
Also many people think that the DV lottery is very easy to get. That is not true! There are approximately 20 million illegal immigrants in the United States today, and out of those 20 million people only 50 thousand get the DV lottery.
First of all, you will require a lawyer that is well paid, and has connections to keep your job permit in check. Next, you have to explain your case to him. If it is a valid case, and there are sure chances of winning, the lawyer will let you know. If not, then, the lawyer and you will create a totally original background story, and from there on, you may fight the case.
If your first case for the green card is rejected, you will get an appeal. But to get this appeal you need to pay $10,000, and bring it to the higher court system. If you case loses for the second time, then you will receive a deportation notice. Either the court will pay for your ticket, or you can pay for your own.
Also many people think that the DV lottery is very easy to get. That is not true! There are approximately 20 million illegal immigrants in the United States today, and out of those 20 million people only 50 thousand get the DV lottery.
Coming into America
Ellis Island is the first stop where the immigrants from all over the world arrived in US. Their name were taken and recorded once they arrived there. Although they’re there, they still need to take a test to see if they could actually go into the US or not. Those who are 16 or older, they had to take a test. The tests were based on their ability to read, 30 or 40 words were taken out and they have to read it. It was written in their language, so if they couldn’t read it, they won’t be admitted to the US. Most immigrants that passed entered the US and begin to start their new life.
In 1921 the Quota Law was passed by Congress to limit the number of immigrants coming into the US, since there were a large amount of people arriving here. However, if there’s good news, there’s always a bad news. The good news was they’re allowed to go and stay here but some of their family might not be lucky enough to enter. For those who didn’t make it, they were sent back to their own native country. Different people have their own pros and cons. Depending on how they use their ability, they could help someone that needs it more, so they too could also pass the obstacle and go through with their life.
Ellis Island was made a historical place after things quiet down. It’s open to all who wants to know more on their background. It’s located at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor between New York and New Jersey close by to the statue of liberty. The Statue of Liberty is a landmark made from the effort of Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. It stands there as a symbol to remind each and every one of us what freedom is and as a symbol of international friendship between America and France. The immigrants saw US as a land of opportunity. From back then until now, Ellis Island still is a big tourist attraction.
http://www.nps.gov/archive/stli/prod02.htm#Statue%20of
http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=1460&display_order=1&mini_id=1459
In 1921 the Quota Law was passed by Congress to limit the number of immigrants coming into the US, since there were a large amount of people arriving here. However, if there’s good news, there’s always a bad news. The good news was they’re allowed to go and stay here but some of their family might not be lucky enough to enter. For those who didn’t make it, they were sent back to their own native country. Different people have their own pros and cons. Depending on how they use their ability, they could help someone that needs it more, so they too could also pass the obstacle and go through with their life.
Ellis Island was made a historical place after things quiet down. It’s open to all who wants to know more on their background. It’s located at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor between New York and New Jersey close by to the statue of liberty. The Statue of Liberty is a landmark made from the effort of Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. It stands there as a symbol to remind each and every one of us what freedom is and as a symbol of international friendship between America and France. The immigrants saw US as a land of opportunity. From back then until now, Ellis Island still is a big tourist attraction.
http://www.nps.gov/archive/stli/prod02.htm#Statue%20of
http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=1460&display_order=1&mini_id=1459
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
A Piece of Immigration
People who leave their native land to come and settle in a new area or region within a country are called an immigrant. It could be considered as a new adventure for them. Varieties of cultures and languages to be known to whoever has the interest to learn.
In 1840-1880 four major groups of the Euro-African arrived and settled in a new land. They were consisted of the English, Spanish, French, African and Asians. They settled in the big cities, the rural area, and countryside of the northeastern United States and Middle West.
During the 1880-1930 a massive number of immigrants from the southern and eastern Europeans and Mexicans came to look for jobs opportunity at the industrial areas. They were looking for jobs in hope for a better future for themselves and their families. As time gradually moving forward, people learn there’s another way for them to achieve a greater future.
For the adults, some of them prefer to work or study while their children attend schools to earn a better education. With both education and job opportunities, more and more people are coming and settling in United States to improve their life and achieve a higher education. Even from 1965 to now, immigrants from all over the countries comes and creates a diversity of groups throughout the United States.
http://www.msu.edu/~tiemando/imbasics.htm
In 1840-1880 four major groups of the Euro-African arrived and settled in a new land. They were consisted of the English, Spanish, French, African and Asians. They settled in the big cities, the rural area, and countryside of the northeastern United States and Middle West.
During the 1880-1930 a massive number of immigrants from the southern and eastern Europeans and Mexicans came to look for jobs opportunity at the industrial areas. They were looking for jobs in hope for a better future for themselves and their families. As time gradually moving forward, people learn there’s another way for them to achieve a greater future.
For the adults, some of them prefer to work or study while their children attend schools to earn a better education. With both education and job opportunities, more and more people are coming and settling in United States to improve their life and achieve a higher education. Even from 1965 to now, immigrants from all over the countries comes and creates a diversity of groups throughout the United States.
http://www.msu.edu/~tiemando/imbasics.htm
Immigration or Nomads?
Immigrants are people who migrate from one country to another. It seems like a normal process if we look at the definition, but is immigration really that simple? Just moving from one place to another? We might as well call them nomads.
For those who don’t know what nomads are, they were communities of people who moved from one place to another, rather than settling down in one location. Immigrants can be viewed as such, but there are harsher realities to the immigrant life, rather than moving from place to place.
Many of these ‘harsher realities’ include the struggle to keep jobs, the starvation for a permanent resident card, the responsibility of keeping their family back home secure, and of course the ever-existing ridicule of discrimination.
In this blog, not only will I, Merossia Hermawan, explain the hardships of immigrant life; I will also go into explicit detail about education for immigrants, discrimination against immigrants, low economical resources for immigrants, low-paid jobs for immigrants, and of course the struggle to get a green card for immigrants. Please leave comments and tell me what you think about my introduction blog for immigrants, and please constructive criticisms only, flaming will not be tolerated.
http://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/handle/2440/37830
For those who don’t know what nomads are, they were communities of people who moved from one place to another, rather than settling down in one location. Immigrants can be viewed as such, but there are harsher realities to the immigrant life, rather than moving from place to place.
Many of these ‘harsher realities’ include the struggle to keep jobs, the starvation for a permanent resident card, the responsibility of keeping their family back home secure, and of course the ever-existing ridicule of discrimination.
In this blog, not only will I, Merossia Hermawan, explain the hardships of immigrant life; I will also go into explicit detail about education for immigrants, discrimination against immigrants, low economical resources for immigrants, low-paid jobs for immigrants, and of course the struggle to get a green card for immigrants. Please leave comments and tell me what you think about my introduction blog for immigrants, and please constructive criticisms only, flaming will not be tolerated.
http://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/handle/2440/37830
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