Thoughts on Immigration

In many ways, immigration connects to many of the things we learned during the Civil Rights unit. I don't know much about immigration and immigrants, but I know that they were mistreated in this country, which isn't really too surprising. From what we've learned so far about American history, it is not hard to come to the conclusion that we have a tenancy to be afraid of change and people that maybe are a little bit different. I wanted to learn more about the topic of immigration because it shows some of the main issues of American people and culture when we attempt to coexist with those of a different culture. It's interesting how Americans seem perfectly fine with trading goods and acquiring new technologies and ideas with other countries, but when people from those countries move in next door they don't really want them there. in America, it seems like only certain people are really considered American while others are not even if their families have lived there for generations. Learning more about immigration will help me to understand what it was like for people to travel for weeks on boats from countries all over the world to be free, and then get here and be treated as an outsider. As a country that was originally supposed to be welcoming to all people who wanted to be free, it doesn't seem like America has ever really tried to be follow this idea. After all, the founders of this country were technically immigrants, right? Every single American's ancestors were immigrants to this country at some point from all over the world. Without people immigrating to America, it wouldn't be at all like it is today, and the progress we have made in this country all these years would never have occured.