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Must have had a LPR status (green card) for at least five years

At least 18-years-old

Demonstrate continuous residency

Demonstrate “good moral character”

Pass English and U.S. history and civic exams

Pay application fee

An immigrant would want to achieve this goal to legally reside in the United States, where it’s thought to be a land full of opportunities. An immigrant would probably want to achieve this goal in search of a better life from where the person originally was from.

The United States would want an immigrant to achieve this goal so they could contribute to society under their official citizenship therefore benefitting their country, the United States. It would benefit the country by accepting an immigrant that would contribute positively towards the society.

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Due to the difficult experience that you have to go through in order to become a citizen, Esperanza and Estevan take the easier way to work in the U.S by using Mattie. Mattie is someone who you can assume doesn't really care about all of the complicated legal immigration. She sees a pair of hands, and sees them how they are, a person. Mattie allows Estevan and Esperanza to stay because she sees them as people, not as aliens.

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This process might impact all these groups of immigrants because it makes it hard for them to naturalize into the country. Even though they are permitted into the country, through a green card, it’s an extremely tedious process to get your U.S. citizenship. This long process affects these families because it’s harder for them to live in the United States with just a green card compared to a U.S. citizenship that makes it tremendously easier & you are granted more rights.
Image Connection: The image below depicts the foreign citizens naturalizing as U.S Citizens. This is an important step in the naturalization process, and is very significant to the overall topic of immigration.

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The U.S. government determines who is permitted into the country through prioritizing family unification, skillful workers, sheltering refugees, and promoting cultural diversity.

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Visas and Other Forms of Humanitarian Relief

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Visas and Other Forms of Humanitarian Relief

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What sets apart visas from other forms of relief is that they allow access to those who decisively choose to live in the U.S. because of family & employment rather than to escape potential harm.
Temporary Protected Status- Offers safety to those impacted by natural disasters and political conflict
Deferred Enforced Departure - provides protection from deportation for individuals whose home countries are unstable, therefore making return dangerous.
Image Connection: This image shows the US Department of Homeland Security, along with the definition of a Temporary Protected Status.

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Difference: The main difference is visible through the process in which you can become one of the two, thus sharing a similar result.
In The Bean Trees are Estevan and Esperanza considered asylees or refugees and why?
The Bean Trees describes Estevan and Esperanza as refugees from Guatemala. They experienced extreme violence and injustice, and moved to the U.S seeking a refuge from their problems in there country. Image Connection: This picture depicts a very large group of people, most likely refugees, being helped by a group of people

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Difference: The main difference between a green card and a visa is that a visa is only a temporary pass that lets you enter the United States, while a green card allows you to enter the US and stay there for as long as you want.
Green Card: Allows for an immigrant to qualify for U.S. citizenship through naturalization
Visas for temporary nonimmigrant workers-Permits foreign nationals to enter U.S. for the purpose of working
Diversity Visa: a lottery-based dedicated channel for immigrants from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. The center requirements that you have to have a high-school education, or have working experience.
Image Connection: This is an image of a green-card. This is a very important image to use when discussing green cards as it can grant one access to enter the U.S.

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Employment-based immigration is the system that provides ways for immigrants with valuable skills to come to the country on a permanent or temporary basis. An immigrant can qualify for this if their employer petitions for them,  however they may be deported if they lose their employment status.
Image Connection: This photo represents skill sets that many foreigners have that the U.S. admires, therefore allowing them to enter the country and have a career here.

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Family-based immigration is the primary basis for legal immigration into the U.S. based on family connections.  The U.S. emphasizes their compassion for immigrants who have been separated, and stress their desire to bring families together.  One can qualify for this if they are the spouse of a U.S. citizen, are the unmarried minor child of U.S. citizens, or the parents of U.S. citizens.
Image Connection: This photo represents family traveling together as one.

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Immigration laws attempt to provide equal amounts of opportunity to all groups of immigrants, while still assuring that no immigrants are a risk to the safety of the country.
Image Connection: This photo represents the abundance of opportunities that the laws try to provide.

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Immigration is the movement from one's home country into a foreign country.
Image Connection: This photo represents immigration due to the fact that only people that have the 'keys' will be able to immigrate into the country. This is mostly more specific to the United States because there are certain requirements to be able to immigrate to the United States, in which these requirements can pose as the 'keys' to the country & the country posing at the lock. Although, if you do not have the 'key' then you cannot unlock it, in which it also applies to outsiders that have no 'key' then they will not be able to unlock or immigrate into the country. In conclusion, only people that have the 'keys' can unlock it, whilst people that don't have the keys, it stays locked to. This is why a lock represents immigration because it is seen as hard to get in without certain requirements to immigrate.