Reminiscing about my past experiences helps me to determine my plans for the future. ... I was born into a Spanish speaking home, with both parents being immigrants. ... Fortunately because I could speak thou not fluently English and Spanish at the age of six I was able to be the family advocate. ... Benefiting by being fluent in both Spanish and English I will be able to serve the Hispanic immigrants. ...
Illegal immigrants voted in Fresno and Tulare County in November 1994; and a prominent legal alien - a Mexican businessman and a publisher of a Spanish language newspaper - cast a ballot in both 1992 and 1994, despite his lack of American citizenship. The translations have large errors and help for fraud too. ...
Immigration traces back as far as the 1500's when the West faced the coming of the Spanish. ... These Spanish conquerors threatened to undermine the culture of the Indians as well as their way of life. ... A crucial American accomplishment that was achieved primarily with the help of Chinese immigrants, was the Transcontinental Railroad. ...
The 75,000 Spanish-speaking residents of this southwestern territory became citizens of the United States without having immigrated here. ... There was a great demand for laborers to help construct America's cities and railways, and tasks formerly performed by skilled workers were now being done in mechanized factories with unskilled workers....
