Immigration to the USA: dream or nightmare?

People from several places around the World immigrate to USA. This situation has been a major source of population growth and cultural change.

The immigration has caused economic, social and political conflicts about job offers, work habits, levels of criminality, controversy regarding race, moral and values and nationalities.

The most of immigrants are Mexican and Brazilian because of economic problems of their countries. When non-residents decide to cross the border they're trying to accomplish their dreams: all the prosperity and opportunity that people hope to find in a rich country like the USA.

Since 1994, the American dreams became more difficult with the creation of the Gatekeeper operation, an action developed to raise the repression on the border through construction of a security wall.





As the obstacles to obtaining a visa to enter the country legally have increased, so has the demand for the services of those who specialize in getting people across the border illegally. However, it's so dangerous to cross the border of illegal way. In 1999, the number of deaths registered in the attempts to cross the border was of 325 and this number arrived the 491, in 2000.



Besides, the non-residents that get to cross the border safe work so hard and like they are illegal workers they also don't have right the retirement and other benefits.



Therefore, the immigration can be a solution or a bad choice, a magic dream, or a nightmare.


Janaína B. O. Lima - HINT 1 - Teacher: Vanessa.