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immigrants

To accomplish the task of writing this Immigrant paper, I interviewed four individuals that immigrated here to the United States. I found one person who immigrated from china, one from Jamaica, and two from Italy. I found there to be quite a difference in each of the characters, especially from china to Italy. Matasja Liu is my interviewee from China. She came here with her husband about 25 years ago, because she was unsatisfied with her original country. She explained to me that china had oppressive policies, and America sounded like a place where you could have a better future for your children and for yourself. Matasja liked many things about America, including the ability to vote, the ability to have ones own religion, the amount of opportunity, and she especially liked the ability to have more than one child, considering that she has two children. One freighting incident that she explained to me about how she likes America includes her personal safety. Not being worried about being dragged off in the middle of the night or beaten to death this feeling came because this happened to her mother. One night, she was dragged from her home, and severally beaten, most every bone in her body was broken. Matasja told me it was because of the communists taking over. What Matasja told me she doesnt like about this country is that the people are spoiled. She thinks that we don't know how good we have it here. I agree also. She said We expect everything handed to them on a silver platter, they expect get rich quick plans theyre apathetic Matasja misses her family she left behind in China. She goes back often, but she is still sad that they dont live closer to her. Her advise to others immigrating here from China, or any other country, is work hard, save the money wisely, and you can be successful. Matasja told me how her and her husband came over here with less than one thousand dollars. And now, twenty som...

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