The Truth of immigration.

 












My beautiful vision of immigration is dead ! Fulfil a dream ? Move forward ? 
for me the travel was a challenge. 

     Arrived in the boat , i was shocked because the conditions of life and the 
hygiene was awfuls ! It was not comfortable. I was in the steerage and i 
crossed the Atlantic in this conditions. But many passengers to prefer 
stay on deck ! The travel was worth it . 
     When we arrived in New York city we saw the Statue of Liberty…But it’s 
a fake joy , after we went to the Ellis Island for make many examinations ! 
The Americans shouted “Quick! Run! Hurry!” in half a dozen languages.
 It was so irritating. We are in a long lines separated by iron railings ,
 look like in a prison ! 
     After One doctor looked for physical and mental abnormalities. And we 
received a chalk mark : L for lameness , H for heart , X for mental defects!
I think it’s to much ! Many families was separated ( the children , ect ). 
     The second American doctor was crazy : with a swift movement , 
he would grab the immigrant’s eyelid , pull it up , and peer beneath it! 
This doctors was greatly feared !  But it’s not over , the examination final 
was a questioning in English ( "What is your name ? Have you ever been in prison ? 
How much money do you have with you ? ", ect ) . Some immigrants were so flustered
because if you could no answer you were allowed to sit and rest and try again ! 
And if you don’t make a success , you return in Europe ! 
      When i arrived in New York , i had many problems . My life in Europe was 
better than my life in New York . Many immigrants hadn’t job! Perhaps immigrants 
had many regrets .  To finish , i have only one sentence : 
Never go to New York !