I am in an immigrant family, and sometimes I do not understand why my family chooses to immigrate to the United States. My parents told me that they chose to come to the United States because they wanted me and my sister to get a better education. It is well known that the education in the United States is better than other countries. Of course, my parents also want more job opportunities. But when I was watching some movies or videos, I found that people in many countries chose to immigrate because of war or persecution, and this also occupies a large proportion.
According to Yang’s description, people from other countries immigrated to the United States mainly because of natural disasters, population pressure, economic difficulties in their country of origin, political turmoil or interference, environmental disadvantages and other reasons.
I will add “clusters of factors” in Yang’s article because many countries do not allow gay marriage, so these people may choose to immigrate. In addition, the issue of religion belongs to a large ethnic group. So these can be factors for their immigration.
Hi Ren,
I totally agree with your part on how some countries do not allow gay marriages.I know that because my family is from India and If they found out that a child was gay or even marry someone gay, their family would be emotionally and mentally abused by people. This is also a cause of why people immigrate because they can’t express themselves and have enough freedom.