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Gysel Garcia
1. An immigrant is a person who moves to a new country in order to settle there.
2. There are 6.6 million families that are immigrants living in the United States.
3. There are about 12 million immigrants living in the U.S.
4. One third of the kids that go to school are from families that immigrated to the United States.
5. From 1850-1930 more than 30 million Europeans moved to the United States.
6. Millions of immigrants stopped at Ellis Island on New York Harbor. Ellis Island was a place where immigrants were examined. Doctors decided if the people would be accepted into the country or turned back. As a result, many families were separated.
7. Central America, the Phillipines, China, and Vietnam have all lost more than 1 million people to the U.S. since 1971.
8. More than 4.5 million have migrated to the United States from Mexico since 1971.
9. Of the total population in America, 5.4 million adult male (49%), 3.9 million adult female ( 35%), 1.8 million children(16%)that are immigrants.
10. 3.1 million children have one or more parents that are immigrants.
11. 14.6 million families have a family member that is an immigrant.
12. In the year 1995-1996 there were about 320,000 immigrants in schools.
13. Between 1850- 1940, there were about 7 million immigrants living in France.
Here are some ways you can help an immigrant
- YOu can help by giving them shelter
- you can give them a second chance as in helping them get a better life
- you can help them get around
- teach them the language
Comments (18)
Melissa Schwartz said
at 9:02 pm on Mar 12, 2009
Excellent start! Your facts show that immigration is a major issue that the world must respond to. What are some of the challenges immigrants in the United States face?
Kezia said
at 4:01 pm on Mar 13, 2009
people are try to stop from more people on coming here. There are some groups that are protesting for no more immigrants.
Dean said
at 5:18 pm on Mar 14, 2009
does immigration have to do with people coming to the united states?
Jian said
at 10:10 pm on Mar 14, 2009
I saw a show on t.v and it talked about illegal immigrants escaping from their own country just to get to America but they result in being sent back to their own country or they go to jail for just doing that.
John said
at 6:37 pm on Mar 15, 2009
This is for number seven, how many people that is filipino are in the U.S.A
Kezia said
at 7:51 pm on Mar 15, 2009
Actually it does and to other countries.
Kezia said
at 8:54 pm on Mar 15, 2009
did you know that in the 1970s the French government made a limit to immigration because the French people felt like they were being threatend by them (immigrants).
Michele Dzwonek said
at 8:53 am on Mar 17, 2009
What is the percentage of 6th graders who are immigrants?
Gysel said
at 4:39 pm on Mar 18, 2009
The percentage of 6th graders who are immigrants is 82.2%
Yazmin said
at 9:37 pm on Mar 18, 2009
when did immigrants became a problem?
Gysel said
at 1:59 pm on Mar 19, 2009
i tbecame a problem when too many people were migrating to the same place
Annis said
at 3:55 pm on Mar 19, 2009
My friend from third grade was a immigrants.
Saad said
at 8:30 pm on Mar 20, 2009
Why are people so angry at immigrants
Jackeli said
at 2:17 pm on Mar 21, 2009
Why cant people just get along with the immigrants?
Yazmin said
at 1:02 pm on Mar 22, 2009
I think people don't get along with immigrants because they over crowed a place.
Melissa Schwartz said
at 6:32 pm on Mar 22, 2009
Gysel, how did you find out the percent of 6th graders who immigrated from another country? I think your group should conduct a school-wide survey, by asking students in each class if they were born here or migrated from another country. You can also ask what country they came from. Then, in your presentation, you can engage the audience by saying, "In P.S102 _______ % of students came here from another country. Here are some of the countries that are represented in our school_________________________." This will help the audience to personally connect to your topic.
Monica said
at 2:06 pm on Mar 31, 2009
Gysel, Kezia, and Lekdhen since we did an essay about immigration, how about getting some facts from a text book or in the internet of about (estimated form) people immigrating to a country?
Valentina said
at 9:02 pm on May 11, 2009
you guys need to put a soultion i want to know a soultion for this
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