immigrants

Immigrants are torn by conflicting social and cultural demands, while facing the challenge of entry into an unfamiliar hostile environment. The migratory process, for whatever the reason, seems to enhance the sense of solidarity among those who migrate, who are often united by bonds of kinship, community and ethnicity, as well as class. Symbols of ethnicity, such as language and religious behavior serve as reminders of their origin to the migrants themselves, while at the same time marking these people as outsiders in their new locale. Some migrants make a conscious decision to abandon an old unsatisfactory way of life for what they believe will be paradise on earth, land of the free, the place to find the American dream, never thinking about why or what the leave behind. For others, migration leads to a new existence, one that incorporates two or more ways of doing things, and a declining sense of national loyalty. Many only stay migrants, come to the United States and !
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