What: If it is a life or death situation in your country and it is mandatory to evacuate.
Why? In Mexico, citizens are forced to evacuate to not be a part of the drug lords, or live in poverty and they come to the United states to live.
Interview #1: Sophia on her parents coming to the United States
What? Her parents legally came to the United States and overstayed her visa.
Why? Her parents felt the need to stay here rather than go back to their own country to stay with family members.
Interview #2: Abdallah on coming to the United States
What? He moved to America 30 years ago. Abdallah is 59 so he moved to the United states when he was roughly 20 years old. His parents applied 20 years in advance to come to the United States. Abdallah and his family paid for sponsors in the United States to process their application quicker.
Why? Abdallah and his family felt the rush to leave Syria because they did not feel safe at the time when Israel was attacking Lebanon. He made sure to pay enough money to come to the States legally to survive.
Interview #3: Antoinette on being an immigrant
What? Antoinette came to America to have a better life, and she did not know how to speak English. Antoinette could not land a job and started using welfare from the government because the government offers that to you.
Why? Antoinette could not speak English, and she could not find an employer to hire her. Antoinette heard about the welfare options the government offered and she applied and got them.
Interview #4: Jose on coming to America.
What? Jose works at a Mexican restaurant and he told me he wanted to come to America to be able to work. In his country, they could not find a job and he was in poverty and decided to cross the border illegally to survive.
Why? His country is failing him and America shares a border with Mexico and therefore why not cross the border? Jose just wants to work, make money, live with his family and survive. In mexico, he could not find that security and that is why he illegally came to America and now is self employed through his family's business restaurant.
Interview #5: Amanda on being an American in Miami
What? Amanda falls out because she is an American that lives in America but lives in a Spanish community. Miami is in America but in her school and community, everyone speaks Spanish. She now attends the University of Florida and she still speaks Spanish and English, but she finds it hard to constantly speak English because the community is not Spanish anymore.
Why? Amanda is used to being in her Spanish culture, but now when she is using her native language which is America because she is American, she is struggling. That is not necessarily a fall out, but the cult is what I am bringing up and it basically removes you from reality which is speaking English.
| Inside the boundary | Outside the boundary |
| Who is In: Citizens | Who is Not: the rest of the world |
| What the Need Is: coming to america | What the Need Is Not: not coming to america |
| Why the Need Exists: America is number one country in the world Summarize: Just like my hypothesis in the beginning of this assignment, there will always be many reason to why immigrants choose America over any other country but the reasons do not matter, because based off of statistics, America brings in over half a million of immigrants a year and that number is growing. I completely understand the limitation of familial-based immigration to be lowered or merit-based immigration to be higher. Point is, America is the number one country in the world and when you are surrounded by Mexico, there is always going to be conflict because of evil and good. | Alternative Explanations: Immigrants want to move to America to live a sustainable life. |
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