Undocumented Immigrants

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America is a land of much promise. As immigrants chase the American Dream, they face tremendous challenges. They all know how difficult it is to try to navigate a foreign linguistic, political and cultural system, in search of basic necessities. In “Persian, English”, Jasmin Darznik recalled some obstacles she confronted and examined her complex relationship with the Persian language as a immigrant. In “Outlaw: My Life in America as an Undocumented Immigrant”, Jose Antonio Vargas, who has been living illegally in the U.S. since he was twelve years old, struggled to overcome his status as a “undocumented immigrant”—to fit in, to belong, the be accepted. In the process of working toward the American Dream, obstacles are always expected. Before

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