Immigrants Saving their coins Enough coins to travel to America “America” The home of the brave and the land of the free The land where immigrants come in search of something Something they call the “American Dream” A dream I as an American have yet to find They come searching for a better life filled with opportunities Some are forced out of their country Walking an involuntary trail of tears thousands of miles away from their land They are stripped from their nation and forced to adapt to another Immigrants Divided by nation “America” Divided by immigrants “America” A land once vacant Nationalism Divided by nation The fact that “Americans” believe that are better than “immigrants” is far from Beyond my understanding America is a multicultural nation We’re all proud to be “American” Let’s not forget those immigrants too are proud to be from their country Us who define ourselves as “Americans” are not really “Americans” We too come from a different nation We too are “immigrants” We do not originate from “America” The same people you work with or go to school with are immigrants Your friend Willam he’s from Sweden Your friend Amina she’s from Morocco Your boss Wang is from Asia And your great great grandmother? She’s from Brazil Our ancestors sure aren’t from America Even our founding fathers aren’t from America America is not one nation America contains a mixture of people from all 195 countries There are about 7.6 billion people in the world About 323.1 million of those people live in America 43.3 million are legal immigrants plus the 10.9 million illegal immigrants Making that a total of 54.2 million counted immigrants in America So tell me are you sure you’re purely American? By: Mariama Barry(Bard Early College at Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy)
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