Write a 6-8 page paper that outlines and analyzes about the immigration geography and history of the family of an immigrant either in the United States or in your home country.
- What were the relative roles of PUSH and PULL factors in the migration?
Each of these factor categories can be subdivided again – were the motivations economic, social, cultural, or political? Or were they a combination of these? Explain why a particular factor or set of factors was important to your family’s migration history and geography. - What role did immigration policy in the United States play in the family migration to America? Were your ancestors part of the streams of immigrants from Europe in the early 1900s? Were they refugees or asylees? Did they arrive in the United States post-1965 in the aftermath of more liberal immigration policies? Was there additional internal migration? If yes, why did your family move?
- Has your family retained some ethnic/nationality cultural traits: language, religion, celebrations, foods, forms of dress, etc. How many of these traits are used on a regular basis and how many sporadically?
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