All immigrants come to America for the same reason: They have a dream.
In their home country, they might of not had a lot of money or may have had other problems and then they hear all these stories about America and how the "streets are golden" and how there is all this money everywhere and other stories like that and they think that they would have a better life there. They believe that they would have such a better life in America, that they take everything they have and risk it to come to America.
When they come to America, they are basically coming here with absolutely nothing but the clothes on their backs and maybe a suitcase or two containing only their most important belongings. For some, this is a huge risk. But for these desperate immigrants, it's now or never.
As immigrants are boarding the boats to come to Ellis Island, they are filled with many mixed feelings. Hope. Fear. Curiosity. Sadness. Happiness. but out of all these feelings, hope and fear the strongest.
They feel hope because they feel that maybe they will make a better life for themselves in America.
Fear, because the constant question in their minds is what if they don't make it? Will they be able to go home? How will things work out there?
Curiosity because they are entering a place they have never been before, they only read about it in newspapers. They know Americans don't speak the same language as they are curious about how they will adapt?
Sadness because they left their home. All they know is now left behind them. They most likely grew up in the same area they were living and they most likely can also never go back to that so that's a lot of memories lost.
Happiness because they are about to take an amazing journey and hopefully make themselves a better life for them and their future children.
No matter what emotions they are feeling, they do what they have to do just to survive. All these factors and other factors that are personal to the immigrant, are why people from other countries come to America.
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