Immigration1

An immigrant is commonly defined as a person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another(The American..). Over the years Americans have looked with suspicion on the arrival of immigrants. Many permenant citizens feel that they take from the country rather than offer them new ideas and culture. For centuries, people have come to America as they choose(A nation of ...). Today the number of immigrants are causing many problems in America(Branigin). "…

…He left behind a warren of rooms, their paint already peeling and some of the windows broken, where lines of nervous and excited people had passed"(A nation of..). "This will be a different America, one whose colors and tongues have shifted, but no less America for that: a place still brimming with liberty and opportunity that any sailor worth his salt would, like Arne Peterson, contrive to overstay his shore-leave for"(A nation of).