America: An Immigrant's Story

This is one international student's account of the American experience. Each immigrant's story is different depending on the person's age, ethnicity, skills and location. The author wants to make this work available to everyone intending to enter the United States of America as a student - status F1 visa, in the twenty-first century, particularly after 9/11. There are over 14 million poor people living in America. Approximately nine million of these are white. Although immigrants are amongst the poorest residents, poverty has no color. Asians, Blacks, Hispanics and whites, people of all nationalities exist below the poverty line; some throughout an entire lifetime, others for certain periods of time. If you never heard of the working poor in America, this story appears strange. Bu to those who know of two Americas, to the millions of qualified, oppressed African-Americans who are considered only for military and affirmative-action jobs, to the legal and illegal immigrants who work on American farms from sunrise to sunset for minimum wages without health coverage, this story depicts the real struggle that the immigrant faces in America.