I think people migrated here for many different reasons. I also heard some reasons from a lot of people that why they decided to move to the united states. They told me the united states has more opportunities than their counties and their kids will have a brighter future. Their kids can have quality education and saving money for education. Normally In China, you need to pay tuition fees for high school and college but here both are free, you don’t have to worry if you can afford the tuition or not, the government always got your back.
They also told me that when their kids graduate from colleges, their kids will find a higher salary job than their countries and make more money. I understand why they think this way, I clearly know Chinese companies usually won’t pay that much money for their employees, like some jobs in china only 300 dollars a month. But here, even if you only work for a week, you will get more than 300 dollars.
Poverty is another reason why people move here. I watched some tv programs that showed in some countries, people didn’t even have enough foods for eating which made them extremely tinny because they didn’t have enough nutrition that they supposed to have. Once they moved here, they could apply food stamps or other government supports.
Those reasons for why people migrate here are very close to the theory that Yang puts forth. I don’t really see any difference with that. I think people move from one place to another place, it must be that place can offer more opportunities and can help them to improve their life.
I agree with you on how education also plays a role in why people migrate to America. Many countries such as the country i originate from also require you to pay for your education, and it is often expensive. Usually only the middle and upper class can afford even just decent education, which is why people migrate in order to receive free education. It’s unfortunate how education is seen as a privilege and not as a right in many countries.
Hello leo,
I agree with you. I am very optimistic about the American education system. As you said, education here is free from kindergarten to high school. As for the university, it is mainly to look at your financial ability. This is why many people from other countries immigrated to the United States or came to the United States as an international student.
Hi Leo,
I agree with the reasons that you elaborated in your discussion. It is true that due to the poor living conditions in some countries people decide to migrate to the US or other developed countries. As by moving to a developed country like the US they rarely have to worry about what they will eat the next day.
Hi Leo,
I agree with you on how education and poverty play a role why people migrate to American. Back in my country, in order to study I need to pay the fee and food and in US it is free to study and they offer free meal too. The person I interviewed also said that education and poverty is part of the reason as why they migrate to American.