Ellis Island is abusing the immigrants. They're refusing some immigrants just because they claim them as idiots. These "idiots" are viewed as unfit to work and unable to provide for themselves in the U.S. What gives these government officials the right to judge these people's potential based on just looking at them and running a few simple tests. Not to mention the discretion of these tests. He looks sick then they would immediately require a physical and run tests for diseases. What's the worst part, all these doctors do is diagnose them. Some get sick from the ship ride there and all they do is send them right back. Some diseases might even be curable, I'm not really sure, I'm just a muckraker but to not even try for them, it's just disappointing. The cultural ignorance and disrespect is just not right. Some women have never been touched by a man other than their husband and the way the doctors aren't respecting that traumatizes some of them. They are not familiar with a male doctor from their customs and it makes them extremely uncomfortable. To get into the U.S. was like a job interview that some immigrants were just not prepared for. They didn't need some of the tests that were done, some were tested on skills they would never need. To come into a free country you should be free to do as you please within reason not subject to these unfair and unnecessary requirements. Children and women had to wait till a letter or a man related to them come with them till they could leave. They were not treated as people they were treated like property not being free until a man allowed them too. They had to remain in detention on Ellis Island until they were "permitted" to leave.
This is accepted but I believe we should change something. We have all these tests and unfair treatments assuming that many of the immigrants if not all will show to be inferior to the current American Citizens. What are we doing? We began this country on the idea that everyone could live here and be free. We could all be equal and delivered justice throughout the country. People come here and some of us try to remove them from the country while others eagerly employ this ill-informed job that will basically enslave this people for their entire lives. They don't know and we take advantage of them. You would think that at Ellis Island we could briefly educate these new immigrants but know we just judge them and either send them home or throw them out in the U.S. and say good luck! These people came to our country because they here of the great things our country has done. Let's not just show them the great things we've done but help make them part of the great things we will do. Let's allow immigrants from around the world to come through Ellis Island and help them not manipulate them to work for us for little to none pay. Let this country truly be the land of the free and home of the brave. Be brave with me and let's expand our country's population.
Unlike most reforms we muckrakers have tried and drawn for Ellis Island would not change. In fact it got worse, soon Chinese immigrants would be completely banned from entering the country. The worst part is most people don't even see anything wrong with this issue. We are banning an entire race from entering our country. We just got through slavery and why that's wrong and now we're doing this. How is this much different? In a while I bet in 1924 or so an act will probably be passed not allowing any immigrants in the country. They'll probably call it the National Origins act or something or other. When this happens what will our country be viewed as. What separates us from the other countries. I thought we were a free country, We're supposed to show the world that were different. We're not like Britain who abused us and took away our rights. We showed that a country with freedom could prosper but now after taking 2 steps forward we have begun to take a leap backward. So we may not have "inferiors" as some of you would say but who knows we may have rejected the man who would make the next big leap in technology and advancements. We gave that up and for what, because some of us are too greedy to share and sacrifice a little that in the end would probably benefit everyone. Hopefully one day society will remember what we did and not repeat its mistakes and open our beautiful country up to the world again.
This is accepted but I believe we should change something. We have all these tests and unfair treatments assuming that many of the immigrants if not all will show to be inferior to the current American Citizens. What are we doing? We began this country on the idea that everyone could live here and be free. We could all be equal and delivered justice throughout the country. People come here and some of us try to remove them from the country while others eagerly employ this ill-informed job that will basically enslave this people for their entire lives. They don't know and we take advantage of them. You would think that at Ellis Island we could briefly educate these new immigrants but know we just judge them and either send them home or throw them out in the U.S. and say good luck! These people came to our country because they here of the great things our country has done. Let's not just show them the great things we've done but help make them part of the great things we will do. Let's allow immigrants from around the world to come through Ellis Island and help them not manipulate them to work for us for little to none pay. Let this country truly be the land of the free and home of the brave. Be brave with me and let's expand our country's population.
Unlike most reforms we muckrakers have tried and drawn for Ellis Island would not change. In fact it got worse, soon Chinese immigrants would be completely banned from entering the country. The worst part is most people don't even see anything wrong with this issue. We are banning an entire race from entering our country. We just got through slavery and why that's wrong and now we're doing this. How is this much different? In a while I bet in 1924 or so an act will probably be passed not allowing any immigrants in the country. They'll probably call it the National Origins act or something or other. When this happens what will our country be viewed as. What separates us from the other countries. I thought we were a free country, We're supposed to show the world that were different. We're not like Britain who abused us and took away our rights. We showed that a country with freedom could prosper but now after taking 2 steps forward we have begun to take a leap backward. So we may not have "inferiors" as some of you would say but who knows we may have rejected the man who would make the next big leap in technology and advancements. We gave that up and for what, because some of us are too greedy to share and sacrifice a little that in the end would probably benefit everyone. Hopefully one day society will remember what we did and not repeat its mistakes and open our beautiful country up to the world again.