1)
In the Dominican
Republic, people choose to migrate to the United States seeking for a better
future. In the article, “Dominican Americans”, Sean T. Buffington states,
“Dominicans continued to emigrate, because of limited employment opportunities
and poor economic conditions. Studies have shown that those who emigrate are
better educated than those they left on the island and were more likely to have
been employed when they left the Dominican Republic”. In other words, people who migrate from the
Dominican Republic to the United States have a better chance of being
successful and their chances of finding employment in the U.S are higher than
the chances in the Dominican Republic. More opportunities are available to
immigrants in the U.S. I agree with Buffington that more opportunities are
available to Dominicans in the North because opportunities are very limited in
the Dominican Republic. Students out there spent many
years in school, earn their bachelor’s degree and struggle even harder to find
a good paying job. Household incomes are also very low for those who obtain a
college degree and it’s even lower for those who barely obtain a high school
diploma.
2)
Society may say that
immigrants choose to enter the United States in hopes of reaching the “American
Dream”. There are many unanswered questions as to why people choose to leave
their country. In the article, “Dominican Americans”, Ramona Hernandez says, “Dominican
migration, however, revolved around three questions: Who were the migrants, why
did they come to the U.S and whether migration had been a stepwise decision?”
The majority of Dominicans migrate in search of a better lifestyle but not all
of them have the same reason. Some migrate due to the unfairness within the
political system. Dominicans also benefit from the U.S because a large variety
of assistance is available to them such as free medical assistance, financial assistance,
and several programs are available to low income families, which in several
cases many Dominicans meet the requirements for.
3)
Within time, the
Hispanic population has expanded in the United States. In “Hispanics of
Dominican Origin in the United States”, Seth Motel and Eileen Patten state, “Dominicans
are the fifth-largest population of Hispanic origin living in the United States,
accounting for 3.0% of the U.S Hispanic population in 2010”. In other words,
the Dominican population has increased and that is due to many immigrants living
in the U.S and forming a family as well. Dominicans may be looked down on within
the American society, but they are a very important race due to the cultures they
have brought into the U.S and the communities they have created.
