QUOTATION PARAGRAPH

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.