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Immigration

Masses of people all over the world persevere to immigrate into America for the incentive of a free and prosperous life. During the previous decades, economic prosperity and increased opportunities have been the majority of reasons for the immigration incursion. Throughout the various cultural diversities that make up the great country of America, economic success does not always occur for those individuals who live from their previous civilization. One attribute that complicates the achievement of economic success for an immigrant is the language barrier that resides between an American Citizen, and a person who speaks from another country. In order to overcome the hardship immigrants usually face, they must integrate, or acculturate into the American culture. Acculturating into American society will provide the opportunity to achieve economic success.

People have immigrated to America from every part of the world for numerous reasons. Immigration, as defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary, is the act of coming to a foreign country and taking up permanent residence. Immigrants, often come to America because of poverty or political corruption in their former country of residence. For example, during the mid through late 1800's, over 7 million European immigrants immigrated to America because of famine, severe unemployment, and political unrest. Similarly, in the late 1800's through early 1900's, over 12 million more immigrants immigrated to America because of poverty and overpopulation (World Book 69). In the past few decades, the number of immigrants coming to the United States has accelerated and the countries from which they emigrate have changed, but the motivation for a better life has remained constant. Since the 1960's more and more Cubans have defected and emigrated from Fidel Castro's dictatorship. In the 1970's and 80's, thousands of Cambodians, Laotians, and Vietnamese flocked to America because of the Vietnam War and Communist takeovers. In...