Immigration

Seth Martin Mr. Sontheimer American History Mod 2 Immigration I left my home town in Venus because of a mob was trying to kill me. I arrived to America on a ship. We arrived at Ellis Island, and there were hundreds of thousands of people there. Since I was already in New York I was going to stay there. I want to start the work life of being a cigar roller and maybe even start a business of owning a cigar shop. The ship ride over to America was the worst thing that I ever had to go through. The ride was 20 days long and people didn’t shower so they smelled horrible. There was a lack of food on the ship so people were fighting for food, it was bad. But when saw the Statue of Liberty the whole ship went silent. Everyone was amazed to see that that we had made it to America. People were crying because they were so happy to start a new life. The Life here is so much better then what it was in Italy. In Italy I worked as a farmer I hated it. But here I work as a cigar roller. I got paid a 1.25 a day and 8 dollars a week. I don’t live in that great of a place, but it will do till I get started. When I lived in Italy I lived in a house but it wasn’t that great. I will have to admit the food in Italy was much better but, the food in America isn’t that bad. I bought a couple of hats and some clothes. One day I would like to own one of those cars that are running around. Some of the thing that I seen I couldn’t believe, they have trains that are in the air and these electric cart that take us around New York. It is the coolest thing that I have ever seen. Back in Italy we have none of these things we had to ride bike and walk places. I wish that we had some of these things back in Italy. I think that you should bring the family over and we can live together and start a business together. Life is so much better here in America. We can start over and make a lot of money and become powerful. I wish you the best of luck and hop that you make the right choices.