Semester Long Blog Project
Chapter 1: Semester Long Blog Project - MIRANDA MARINER The United States is often referred to as the land of immigrants. Immigrants are people who come to a new country, region, or environment to settle more or less permanently (Martin). This hits home to me because I have two very important people to me that are considered immigrants. First, my best friend for a majority of my life was adopted at two years old from Russia. She technically migrated to the United States after being adopted from Russia by her adoptive parents. She has permanently lived in the U.S. for eighteen years now. Second, my step-mom is from Turkey. In 2007, she and her family moved to the United States for better job opportunities. She has lived here since and just within this past year was granted her citizenship after twelve years. My step-mom has since lived here permanently and has no intentions of moving back. As stated above, my step-mom moved to the United States with her family in order to get bett...