Immigration

=Day 1 Intro:= Ms. Brown and Ms. DeSantis

Document mark-up on Mexican Border Shooting [|Mexican Shooting.doc]

My family immgirated from Ireland in the early nineteen hundreds. Because it was so long ago, I don't remember moving.

​ **__Reasons for Immigration Wordle__**



a. What is a tenement house? (You may have to search other sites to answer this question) A tenement house is a small apartment that doesn't meet proper necessities for human life. There is very little room and it is unsanitary.

b. How did immigration lead to the creation of tenement housing? Massive amounts of immigrants entering the U.S. led to the need of housing. Tenement housing was inexpensive and barely large enough to hold everyone.

c. What is life like for new immigrants in the early 1900's? What is life like in tenement housing? Life was cramped for new immigrants. Housing was too small to fit large families. The lives of immigrants were full of work.

d. What potential obstacles can you forsee for recently arrived immigrants in the early 1900s? An obstacle for an immigrant may be finding a job and a place to live upon arriving to the states.

__**Mexico Shooting Wordle**__




 * On average, 10,000 Americans are killed each year by illegal immigrants
 * The number of illegal immigrants in the United States right now is unknown
 * The I.C.E. investigates who smuggles illegal immigrants into the US
 * In one case they arrested the smuggler and did not arrest the illegal immigrants along with him
 * Smugglers get harsh penalties/sentences for smuggling people into the states
 * An officer was arrested for shooting at a runaway car with illegal immigrants stored inside it. The officer's sentence was1 year and 1 day. The illegal immigrants were not arrested whatsoever.