Immigration

Hello, I am Boris Putin. This letter is to all of the coal miners that work in the factory that I once lived in. I once lived in Moscow, Russia like most you know. I grew tired of the communism and after a long time of thinking, I decided to set off to America. There was no political freedom there, the government tried to tell me how to live my life and I could not take it anymore. I paid the captain of a large ship heading to America almost all the money I had saved up for the past six months to let me sneak on his ship and sneak back off with nobody knowing but the two of us. I got off the ship at the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to start my new life.

After a few months I met a lady, and we settled on a plantation near Philadelphia. She got pregnant and we had to think about our future baby. I was a farmer and I only grew and sold corn. But corn was only enough for me and my wife Dorothy to get by. I also had to start growing and selling tobacco, and apples. In order for me to do this, I had to buy more land to fit and separate all of my crops. This made it even harder to buy all that land before I even starting growing any more crops to sell. A few months later our son, Jacob, was born. By the time I starting selling enough of my crops to start and make my money back, I found out that it was too hard for me to do all of this work alone. Dorothy had to clean house and take care of Jacob, so I was forced to use more money and hire a few working to help me on the farm.

I finally got things together. I paid off all my land and all my workers from the money I made from selling the corn, tobacco, and apples. America did end up being the land of opportunity for me. I acquired all of this land, a beautiful wife, and unlimited amount of corn and apples to eat. America truly is the land of the free. I believe that I experienced more freedom in the first month of living in Philadelphia than I had experienced in my whole live in Moscow. You must understand that it is not easy being an immigrant. For months you are clueless on where to even begin. I wasn’t sure what job I should get, food to buy, property and a house to buy. I asked around and most people told me if you know you can be a successful farmer, or know that you can raise crops and make a decent profit from them, that farming would be in your best interest. Because I bought my own land, made my own money from my crops, and had no boss, I was not discriminated in anyway. I knew I would be, so I stayed on my farm and away from the outside world as much as possible. I encourage each and every one of you to come to America. Your lives will be so much better than you can even imagine living on Russian soil. I understand that many of you have families to take care of, and different reasons you cannot make the trip to America. But if anyone has the thought of coming to America, please do. Please write me back if you want to come to Philadelphia and work on my farm with me. If enough of you come, we will build a house on my farm for you all to stay and live the life you can only dream of in Moscow. Think about it, it will be the greatest decision of your lives.

Your friend and co-worker, **__ Boris Putin __** [|The Huddled Masses], The Statue of Liberty was the greatest monument in America. It became more of an icon for immigrants. [|The New Immigrants], 14 percent of the American population was foreign born, most from countries from Europe. More and more immigrants came to New York City to be welcomed by The Statue of Liberty. [|The Chinese Exclusion Act], Most Chinese immigrants were not allowed to entering the United States from 1882 to 1943. The Geary Act in 1892, made Chinese aliens to carry a residence certificate with them at all times. [|Contract Agreement], Manual laborers were greatly needed in the 19th century. America started recruiting workers from countries such as Japan, India, and China to help build railroads, raise sugar, and heavy labor. [|Immigration Restriction], The United States started resricting more and more immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th century. Advanced countries during wars did not want immigrants of foreign countries because they were scared they might cause a threat to society. [|United States's Changing Face], Immigration is bigger presently than ever. In the past 20 years, the United States has had it's face changed by all the immigrants coming in. America has many people from many difference countries living here today, and immigration is not slowing down.