Summary: Neutralized Immigrants

Anna Maria Klinger arrived in the United States in 1849. Anna came to the United States for more financial opportunity as she stated. “I am content with my wages for now, compared to Germany, I make 4 dollars a month in our money [10] guilders, if you can speak English then it’s considerably better, since the English pay a good wage, a servant gets 7 to 10 dollars a month, but if you can’t speak or understand English you can’t ask for so much pay.” (Documents 217) Anna was receiving better pay in America then what she would receive back in her homeland Germany. Anna believed that other Germans should come to America.

Today in class Professor Allen discussed about a book called “The Suffering Of The Immigrant” that is written by an Immigrant named AbdelMalek Sayad. In this book Sayad expressed his feelings and described what he went through from his experience. Sayad spoke within his body, that is what makes the book important. Professor Allen point out a few quotes that explains what the book is talking about, “In between, between being and social non being”, “Immigrant as atopos- no place, no true classification”, and “To immigrate means to one’s culture/and history with them.” These quotes stands out because it clarify what immigration really means and what they have to go through.

significant number of children from the refugee families and immigrant are at higher risk as compared to other children for undiagnosed mental health disorders, the absence of social integration, social segregation, absences of confidence, and depression. These children have a minimal accessibility to mental health care and frequently emerge from cultures where receiving assistance for problems related to mental health conveys stigma. The immigrants around the world continue to increase. For instance, according to the census of 2000 in the United States, it was noted that 1 of every 5 children in the country is a child of an immigrant (George, 2003). Children from immigrant families face poverty, where the poverty rates in these families are higher are compared to the native-born families.

The condition of the cities during the 20th century, were terrible. Due to the extreme amount of people coming to cities looking for work they were crammed. There was limited housing causing people to live on the street. The streets were filled with waste and nastiness due to people not disposing of garbage and human waste properly. Also, garbage was not picked up off the streets often, nor were the streets cleaned.

The Great Famine, or the Great Hunger was a period of time in Ireland between 1845-1852 when there was a disease, emigration, and a mass starvation. (Daly 1) In September 1845, a fog carrying a fungus called phytophthora infestans drifted over the fields of Ireland. (The History Place 1) Soon after, the fungal spores settled on potato plant leaves, which fermented, giving the fungus what it needed to live.

The Immigrant Crisis in Europe There have been many dreadful wars going on in the world. We have had problems with warfare, Paragraph 3: As many more refugees come towards Europe, they face many of problems. With cold weather coming in Europe, children have been caught with sicknesses and they need more doctors to help. Yahoo news stated that one Afghani refugee said, "We have dreams of a peaceful life, without any war, or without any other distractions.". Another problem is that people wait for a long time to get into European countries in order to be citizens.

INTRODUCTION In 1969, violence erupted in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Riots of August 1969 was quickly described as a civil disturbance, and was at first regarded as a nuisance more so than a significant problem. Not long after however, the situation had escalated into a full blown conflict, which forced the Northern Irish government Stormont to ask the British government in Westminster to deploy troops to the conflict area. By the end, thirty years later, the “civil disturbance” had amounted to almost 50,000 casualties.

Immigration is defined as the movement of people into a foreign country in a bid to become permanent residents and eventually become citizens through naturalization processes. The opposite flow of people is defined as emigration that is, going out of one’s native country and permanently settling in a foreign one. Immigration has been a crucial talking point in the American political scene throughout recent history. Legislators are looking to find appropriate measures that take care of the US labor demands while still ensuring border security by accommodating documented immigrants only. The debate is a heated one that is deeply rooted.

The controversial issues concerning immigration have been debated since its considerable increase in the middle of the 20th century. Firstly, after the Second World War, strong economic growth in some European countries led to a vast influx of immigrants from the periphery of Europe into its centre. Secondly, the collapse of the Soviet Union was a far-reaching consequence of political and economic reforms as well as intra-European migration. Moreover, the incorporation into European Union of the post-Soviet countries facilitated the solution of easier immigration. Ceaseless flow across borders is a cogent reason for endless transformations in political, economic and cultural aspects in Europe.

'We must strive to cultivate all which is most racial, ... most Gaelic, most Irish, because in spite of the small fusion of Saxon blood in the north-east corner, this island is and will remain Celtic to the core.' Douglas Hyde Anglicisation, the process of converting or adapting to British standards, is evident throughout Ireland since its colonisation in the 16th and 17th centuries. As a result of colonialism, the English language was forced upon Irish nationalists along with their culture, literature and sport. Any form of retaliation or dispute resulted in exile. The Anglicisation of Ireland was often viewed by nationalists as a period of self-examination.

Immigration has always been a part of American culture, in fact, it is the basis of how our country was formed. Immigration, both legal and illegal, has become a key focal point in today’s society. In a collection of essays titled “Reinventing the Melting Pot: The New Immigrant and What It Means to Be American,” Jamar Jacoby has a piece titled “The New Immigrants and the Issue of Assimilation” originally published in 2004. Jacoby creates an argument that although beneficial to our country, many immigrants are entering the United States where they are forced to spend their lives at the bottom of the economy, and where their assimilation feels forced. Jacoby’s purpose for writing this piece is to encourage readers that Americans are the problem

In the early 1700s, Ireland went through many changes, including: economic and religious struggles. Irish Catholics were not allowed to vote or own land during this time period. Because “there is little incentive to make land improvements as this increases the value and therefore the rent” (Bone), which hurt the Irish Catholics who wanted their own land. This caused there to be a loss in food production. Jonathan Swift brought up two problems that Ireland faced, children who were burdens and women who were unable to work due to the about of children they had.

Why consider opposing viewpoints? "The only way in which a human being can make some approach to knowing the whole of a subject, is by hearing what can be said about it by persons of every variety of opinion, and studying all modes in which it can be looked at by every character of mind." - John Stuart Mill, British philosopher. The book Immigration Opposing Viewpoints discusses the Historical Debate: should immigration be restricted? Is immigration a problem for the U.S.?