From my knowledge, an immigrant is someone that moves from one country to a different country where they were not born to live. There are legal and illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants are people who enter a country without being a citizen, and without approval.
I am connected to immigration because my mom was a immigrant from Vietnam. During the Vietnam war she moved to America and traveled all over the United States and Chile with her brother-in-law Bob and her sister Hanh. They were stationed in Taiwan at the tame because bob was an American solider. Bob flew to Saigon where my mom and her family lived and gathered them and they all flew to Hawaii the next day. One of her sisters came with her husband and two stayed in Vietnam and still live there today. All of her cousins and her one of her aunt's came, and there was a total of 14 people. Without immigration and the Vietnam war, I would have never been born.
I think so many immigrants come to the United States because it is a new start for them. They may live in a country where they don't have the amendment rights we do, and they want to be able to express and do things more freely – like express their religion, to make a better life for themselves and sometimes to escape a tragedy in their country at the time United States is open to everyone.
All around San Diego, there are people of different races. Without immigration, San Diego as well as the rest of the United States would only be one race. People in the United States would all basically have the same religion, and would not have any cultural variety. I think having immigration is a good thing because it helps us see different points of view and lifestyles, which help us build as a character. Although there is a problem with illegal immigrants, I think immigration is a wonderful opportunities for families wanting a 'second life'.