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Author : Robert Liebenau
Publisher : Outskirts Press Parker, Colorado
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781432793197
Robert Liebenau relates the story of his family's journey from being liberated from forced labor camps in Europe to realizing the American Dream.
Author : William A. V. Clark
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003-06-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 157230880X
The United States has absorbed nearly 10 million immigrants in the past decade. This book examines who the new immigrants are, where they live, and who among them are gaining entry into the American middle class. Discussed are the complex factors that promote or hinder immigrant success, as well as the varying opportunities and constraints met by those living in particular regions. Extensive data are synthesized on key dimensions of immigrant achievement: income level, professional status, and rates of homeownership and political participation. Also provided is a balanced analysis of the effects of immigration on broader socioeconomic, geographic, and political trends. Examining the extent to which contemporary immigrants are realizing the American dream, this book explores crucial policy questions and challenges that face our diversifying society.
Author : Sunjay Zaveri
Publisher : us immigration
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781606104873
There are many books about immigrating to the US written by lawyers and other aexpertsa that focus on the legal and technical aspects without any practical perspective. This is the first book ever written by an immigrant laying out the actual process of immigrating to the US in nine simple steps, minus legal or technical jargon. This book is much like the definition of democracy (of the people, by the people, for the people). It is the guide (of an immigrant, written by an immigrant, for the immigrant). If you have ever thought about migrating to the US or are waiting to immigrate you can benefit greatly from the practical tips offered in the book. It is also an excellent read for well-meaning Americans who care about immigration.
Author : Yuvraj Ramsaroop
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781456837228
Immigrants will always be a part of the American landscape and the American Dream will certainly be within reach for anyone with a desire to succeed. Yuvraj Ramsaroop shares his triumph as a Guyanese immigrant as he reveals his journey to realizing the American Dream. In this rich autobiographical account, the author makes a compelling case that will inspire anyone with a gut wrenching saga of courage and determination. Readers will be given a revealing look inside life on a sugar plantation in British Guiana during colonial times. In his own words, Ramsaroop shares a vivid account of how growing up in poor conditions should never be a hindrance to an education. Seeking a better life in Canada and then the United States, his unrelenting quest to overcome the hurdles most immigrants face is a remarkable achievement.——-From successfully completing a college education to owning a home and sending his two daughters to medical schools in the United States——Realizing the American Dream is an uplifting true story. Follow the path that he walked and witness how he beat the odds. Through his experiences you will discover the secrets to success and gain ideas for achieving your own.
Author : Pilar Marrero
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137073747
As the US deports record numbers of illegal immigrants and local and state governments scramble to pass laws resembling dystopian police states where anyone can be questioned and neighbors are encouraged to report on one another, violent anti-immigration rhetoric is growing across the nation. Against this tide of hysteria, Pilar Marrero reveals how damaging this rise in malice toward immigrants is not only to the individuals, but to our country as a whole. Marrero explores the rise in hate groups and violence targeting the foreign-born from the 1986 Immigration Act to the increasing legislative madness of laws like Arizona's SB1070 which allows law officers to demand documentation from any individual with "reasonable suspicion" of citizenship, essentially encouraging states and municipalities to form their own self-contained nation-states devoid of immigrants. Assessing the current status quo of immigration, Marrero reveals the economic drain these ardent anti-immigration policies have as they deplete the nation of an educated work force, undermine efforts to stabilize tax bases and social security, and turn the American Dream from a time honored hallmark of the nation into an unattainable fantasy for all immigrants of the present and future.
Author : Maria Melanie Meyer
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783640784325
Essay from the year 2010 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,0, University of Leipzig (Institut für Amerikanistik), course: American Dream, language: English, abstract: The United States of America is often referred to as 'a nation of immigrants'. Over centuries, the prospect of achieving the American Dream has attracted immigrants from all over the world to the country. However, in recent decades many immigrants entered the USA illegally or stayed on after their visas had expired. Actually, the approximated number of undocumented immigrants currently living in the USA widely ranges from "11.5 million to 20 million" (Orchowski 2008, 69), the majority of them hailing from Latin American countries. This uncontrolled influx of immigrants causes various problems in the host nation. Illegal immigration from South and Central America to the USA undermines core elements of the American Dream such as the opportunity of climbing the social ladder, security of life and liberty, and America's social security for everyone living in the U.S.
Author : Julissa Arce
Publisher : Center Street
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781455540259
A National Bestseller! What does an undocumented immigrant look like? What kind of family must she come from? How could she get into this country? What is the true price she must pay to remain in the United States? JULISSA ARCE knows firsthand that the most common, preconceived answers to those questions are sometimes far too simple-and often just plain wrong. On the surface, Arce's story reads like a how-to manual for achieving the American dream: growing up in an apartment on the outskirts of San Antonio, she worked tirelessly, achieved academic excellence, and landed a coveted job on Wall Street, complete with a six-figure salary. The level of professional and financial success that she achieved was the very definition of the American dream. But in this brave new memoir, Arce digs deep to reveal the physical, financial, and emotional costs of the stunning secret that she, like many other high-achieving, successful individuals in the United States, had been forced to keep not only from her bosses, but even from her closest friends. From the time she was brought to this country by her hardworking parents as a child, Arce-the scholarship winner, the honors college graduate, the young woman who climbed the ladder to become a vice president at Goldman Sachs-had secretly lived as an undocumented immigrant. In this surprising, at times heart-wrenching, but always inspirational personal story of struggle, grief, and ultimate redemption, Arce takes readers deep into the little-understood world of a generation of undocumented immigrants in the United States today- people who live next door, sit in your classrooms, work in the same office, and may very well be your boss. By opening up about the story of her successes, her heartbreaks, and her long-fought journey to emerge from the shadows and become an American citizen, Arce shows us the true cost of achieving the American dream-from the perspective of a woman who had to scale unseen and unimaginable walls to get there.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Immigrants
ISBN : IND:30000125975775
Author : William Perez
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000971347
Winner of the CEP Mildred Garcia Award for Exemplary ScholarshipAbout 2.4 million children and young adults under 24 years of age are undocumented. Brought by their parents to the US as minors—many before they had reached their teens—they account for about one-sixth of the total undocumented population. Illegal through no fault of their own, some 65,000 undocumented students graduate from the nation's high schools each year. They cannot get a legal job, and face enormous barriers trying to enter college to better themselves—and yet America is the only country they know and, for many, English is the only language they speak. What future do they have? Why are we not capitalizing, as a nation, on this pool of talent that has so much to contribute? What should we be doing?Through the inspiring stories of 16 students—from seniors in high school to graduate students—William Perez gives voice to the estimated 2.4 million undocumented students in the United States, and draws attention to their plight. These stories reveal how—despite financial hardship, the unpredictability of living with the daily threat of deportation, restrictions of all sorts, and often in the face of discrimination by their teachers—so many are not just persisting in the American educational system, but achieving academically, and moreover often participating in service to their local communities. Perez reveals what drives these young people, and the visions they have for contributing to the country they call home.Through these stories, this book draws attention to these students’ predicament, to stimulate the debate about putting right a wrong not of their making, and to motivate more people to call for legislation, like the stalled Dream Act, that would offer undocumented students who participate in the economy and civil life a path to citizenship. Perez goes beyond this to discuss the social and policy issues of immigration reform. He dispels myths about illegal immigrants’ supposed drain on state and federal resources, providing authoritative evidence to the contrary. He cogently makes the case—on economic, social, and constitutional and moral grounds—for more flexible policies towards undocumented immigrants. If today’s immigrants, like those of past generations, are a positive force for our society, how much truer is that where undocumented students are concerned?
Author : Hiroshi Motomura
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 0199887438
Although America is unquestionably a nation of immigrants, its immigration policies have inspired more questions than consensus on who should be admitted and what the path to citizenship should be. In Americans in Waiting, Hiroshi Motomura looks to a forgotten part of our past to show how, for over 150 years, immigration was assumed to be a transition to citizenship, with immigrants essentially being treated as future citizens--Americans in waiting. Challenging current conceptions, the author deftly uncovers how this view, once so central to law and policy, has all but vanished. Motomura explains how America could create a more unified society by recovering this lost history and by giving immigrants more, but at the same time asking more of them. A timely, panoramic chronicle of immigration and citizenship in the United States, Americans in Waiting offers new ideas and a fresh perspective on current debates.
Author : Margaret Sands Orchowski
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015077605429
In Immigration and the American Dream, Margaret Sands Orchowski cuts through the rhetoric, labels, political spin, myths, mantras, and misinformation and discusses the facts about immigration-past, present and future. Filled with accessible anecdotes and quotes from prominent individuals and newspapers, the book frames and defines the relevant issues, and looks at the politics behind Congressional immigration reform initiatives.
Author : Mary C. WATERS
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0674044940
The story of West Indian immigrants to the United States is generally considered to be a great success. Mary Waters, however, tells a very different story. She finds that the values that gain first-generation immigrants initial success--a willingness to work hard, a lack of attention to racism, a desire for education, an incentive to save--are undermined by the realities of life and race relations in the United States. Contrary to long-held beliefs, Waters finds, those who resist Americanization are most likely to succeed economically, especially in the second generation.
Author : Jose Antonio Vargas
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062851369
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER “This riveting, courageous memoir ought to be mandatory reading for every American.” —Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow “l cried reading this book, realizing more fully what my parents endured.” —Amy Tan, New York Times bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and Where the Past Begins “This book couldn’t be more timely and more necessary.” —Dave Eggers, New York Times bestselling author of What Is the What and The Monk of Mokha Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, called “the most famous undocumented immigrant in America,” tackles one of the defining issues of our time in this explosive and deeply personal call to arms. “This is not a book about the politics of immigration. This book––at its core––is not about immigration at all. This book is about homelessness, not in a traditional sense, but in the unsettled, unmoored psychological state that undocumented immigrants like myself find ourselves in. This book is about lying and being forced to lie to get by; about passing as an American and as a contributing citizen; about families, keeping them together, and having to make new ones when you can’t. This book is about constantly hiding from the government and, in the process, hiding from ourselves. This book is about what it means to not have a home. After 25 years of living illegally in a country that does not consider me one of its own, this book is the closest thing I have to freedom.” —Jose Antonio Vargas, from Dear America
Author : Mohamed Rachadi Ph. D.
Publisher : Rachadi Associates
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1643399187
Are you one of the millions of immigrant dreamers who want to come to the United States of America, the land of opportunity, to chase the American Dream? Is working or starting a business, and raising a family in the USA one of your big dreams in life? Are you interested in learning the eight secrets of making the transition from your homeland to the new land smooth and quick? If you answer yes to these questions, this book is for you! After reading The American Dream For Immigrant Entrepreneurs and completing the exercises, you will save time and money by learning the eight steps to succeed in the US economy and culture. You will be fully prepared and ready to start your new life on the day you land on American soil. Author Mohamed (MO) Rachadi wrote this book because, "I wish I had such a guide back in 1970 when I was ready to make the journey from French Morocco to The United States of America." He offers a wealth of precious, priceless and realistic tips and secrets on how to survive and thrive in the highly competitive US economy. Rachadi says, "My fellow immigrant, the American Dream is alive and well for entrepreneurs who come prepared - but only for those who are armed with aggressive goals, well thought out plans, novel ideas, excitement, high energy and ready to add value to their new community and become good US citizens of the United States of America." In addition to the guide and the companion workbook, Rachadi offers you the opportunity to join the Rachadi Associates Institute for Immigrant Entrepreneurs. As a VIP member, you will continue to receive mentoring and coaching until you realize your American Dream. For more information visit https: //www.rachadiassociates.net.
Author : Leticia Gallares-Japzon
Publisher : Teamcom Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : IND:30000077058208
Succeeding in America explores the principles and techniques used by immigrants to overcome all manner of obstacles and become highly successful citizens of the United States.