Reflection

I think an immigrant is a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there. My connection to immigration is that my parents are both immigrants from different places. Also many of my aunts and uncles from both sides of my parents are immigrants. I do have friends and relatives that are immigrants. Like, as I said before, my parents are immigrants and some people I know are also immigrants. First, immigrants coming to the United States in the 1700s and 1800s were here to explore or to settle the new land. People came to experience economic opportunities, religious freedom, and political freedom. These were mainly European immigrants from places such as England and the Netherlands. I think many immigrants chose to come to the United States for many reasons, such as to live in freedom, to practice their religion freely, to escape poverty or oppression, and to make better lives for themselves and their children. Many immigrants also come to the United States because of employment opportunities. We see many effects of immigration around of San Diego. For example the many cultures around San Diego come from the immigrants that came from different places. Also many Italian, Mexican, or other restaurants that we see probably come from immigrants that immigrated from those places. We also see the effects of immigration around of San Diego in the massive immigration raids at factories, fast-food chains, and neighborhoods.