Some very important people in Texas history were once Illigal Immigrants: David Crockett, William B. Travis, and Sam Houston. In 1830 while Texas was still part of Mexico, the Mexican government passed a law barring anymore American immigrants from entering Texas. The previously mentioned men were among the illegals violating this particular law.
As history shows, immigrants - even illigal ones - often help make things better. For example, i'm sure there are plenty of illigals who have worked hard to help clean up the Galveston area after Hurricane Ike. They have done their job without complaining and just look forward to providing for their families. Maybe their Thanksgiving and Christmas will be a pleasant one this year as they will have money to put food on the table and buy gifts for their children.
There were a lot of American "bad apples" that also immigrated to Texas in those times. Some illigals came to escape debts, some were adventures and some were fugitives from justice. Some of these fugitives continued their criminal careers in Texas and lived in active defiance of the law. However, if we choose to focuse on the bad apples we will ignore some of the good people that immigrated to Texas from America. As the case today, there are bad apples immigrating to the US from different countries, but i'm sure the good ones far outnumber the bad ones.
America has always welcomed immigrants with open arms, why stop now..... I believe there is a culture of hatred towards immigrants by many Americans that don't know their family were immigrants at one point themselves. Lack of education and lack of caring.
This is a photograph of a passenger ship carrying hundreds of immigrants across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States. The Journey to America was a terrible and frightening experience. Immigrants had to deal with cramped living space, sickness from diseases, hardly any food, drastic temperature changes, and death. Death took many of the passengers and a lot of survivors wrote to their families telling them of their harrowing journey to America. There were many reasons why people chose to leave their homes to live in America. Everyone has opportunities and choices. People wanted to make better lives for themselves and they made a choice that America could fulfill that wish and they took the opportunity to make the voyage. So many people immigrated to America.
As history shows, immigrants - even illigal ones - often help make things better. For example, i'm sure there are plenty of illigals who have worked hard to help clean up the Galveston area after Hurricane Ike. They have done their job without complaining and just look forward to providing for their families. Maybe their Thanksgiving and Christmas will be a pleasant one this year as they will have money to put food on the table and buy gifts for their children.
There were a lot of American "bad apples" that also immigrated to Texas in those times. Some illigals came to escape debts, some were adventures and some were fugitives from justice. Some of these fugitives continued their criminal careers in Texas and lived in active defiance of the law. However, if we choose to focuse on the bad apples we will ignore some of the good people that immigrated to Texas from America. As the case today, there are bad apples immigrating to the US from different countries, but i'm sure the good ones far outnumber the bad ones.
America has always welcomed immigrants with open arms, why stop now..... I believe there is a culture of hatred towards immigrants by many Americans that don't know their family were immigrants at one point themselves. Lack of education and lack of caring.
This is a photograph of a passenger ship carrying hundreds of immigrants across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States. The Journey to America was a terrible and frightening experience. Immigrants had to deal with cramped living space, sickness from diseases, hardly any food, drastic temperature changes, and death. Death took many of the passengers and a lot of survivors wrote to their families telling them of their harrowing journey to America. There were many reasons why people chose to leave their homes to live in America. Everyone has opportunities and choices. People wanted to make better lives for themselves and they made a choice that America could fulfill that wish and they took the opportunity to make the voyage. So many people immigrated to America.
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