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Immigrants: The New World

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America is considered “The New World” to many. It is a new beginning for many immigrants. They look to this land to escape their past. They have a heart and soul full of hope. They were determined to have a new life. America’s promise is what gave them that hope. The U.S. was many’s last chance and America seemed promising to them. America’s promise is freedom, liberty, and justice for all and to have as many chances and equal opportunities for everybody. The picture shows the immigrants arriving to the New World. They look to the U.S. with hope. A gaze of desire to start a new. To escape the ways of their past. They have a plan to move on forward with a better life. It shows you what they saw when they were arriving to America. The first

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