What are the people who dream of going abroad for America now?

Source of this article: WeChat official account overseas eye

America is like a girl with heavy makeup. People in the distance are always attracted by her elegant posture and heavy makeup, so they tend to it.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people cross the ocean for various reasons to reach the other shore in their eyes, where they struggle, adapt, survive and take root, perhaps for months or years, with the land under their feet as the fulcrum and flourishing.

Just like the person who stood on the Titanic and waved goodbye to the shore, everyone who set out was full of expectations for the distance. For them, this is new soil, new air, and even their own cells are updated together.

It's just that no matter how far the mainland is, it's just another foreign land. They still have to go through hardships, joys and sorrows, and seek support and hugs in the big city of Nuoda. Over time, like the previous generation of China, they lived in thousands of ways, with some special marks, telling different lives!

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If someone asks, I will answer that I am Asian. If I keep asking, I will answer that I am from China. Few people will answer "Chinese-American". Few people say this, so I think this word sounds strange. Few people will answer "American-born China", but people born and raised in China often use this word to describe me.

My friends and I think we are Asian Americans mainly because of our education. Since kindergarten, schools have different racial classifications: white Americans, black Americans, Hispanics, Asians and Indians. Moreover, all documents involving race are required to fill in "Asian" instead of "China". Most Asian community organizations are also named like this, such as the National Asian Professional Association. Organizations whose names include China people in particular are usually set up for those who grew up in China.

Like many friends who have been to China, I am in Meisihua. I call this feeling jet lag confusion, being in Cao Cao and being in Han. In the United States, when people of the same age in China fight in Chinese, I always feel lost and out of place in their world. And when I really return to China, sometimes I will be distressed by cultural differences.

In a word, being a Chinese American is not difficult, simple and not simple. If you are sharp enough, you can switch freely between Chinese and American identities, but it is also possible that you are both? Is a mess

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Many people share my illusion that as long as they come to the United States for two years, their English will become better unconsciously. When many foreign students enter the classroom or life, they actually begin to understand. That's really just a legend. I have lived in the United States for less than two years and found that language determines your quality of life, your mental state and all aspects of you. Most people desperately hope to achieve an ideal and completely barrier-free communication state, and finally basically give up this desire and hold a more rational state. There are many levels of human communication, and there is no shortcut or end point for language learning. The study of every word finally becomes an exercise.

We're still on our way.

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We stayed in new york for more than a year and experienced the beautiful scenery of new york all year round. We have left enough wonderful memories in new york. We don't have a job, so we are based in new york and wandering around the east coast of the United States. People who have no job or income are eligible to apply for Medicaid in new york. The application conditions are only that new york residents hold a new york driver's license, are unemployed or have a job but have a low income.

No matter how much money you have, whether you have a house or not, whether you are a green card or a citizen. In other words, if you are a rich man with savings and a house, you can apply for this Medicaid just because you have no job and no income this year.

This is one of the reasons why I think the welfare in new york is excellent. After the application arrived, my wife and I both went to doctors in the United States for a comprehensive physical examination.

It is found that there are helicobacter pylori and gallstones in the stomach, and the pre-examination and post-treatment are free. Later, my wife got pregnant, and all pregnancy tests and auxiliary drugs were free.

Later, the children will meet us, and we decided to go to Los Angeles. After arriving in Los Angeles, the first thing to do is to apply for a medical card, because the pregnancy check-up of the deceased wife is also very important.

When we first arrived in Los Angeles, we had no jobs and no income. By this time, I was used to being poor and applying for Medicaid under the golden signboard of the poor. Since having children, my wife and I have started a new life in Los Angeles. The wife takes care of the children wholeheartedly. We can't travel around anymore. After my wife's confinement, I also found a job.

I worked in a company selling aquarium supplies, starting from the warehouse and then entering the office, becoming a small white-collar worker of the working class.

My salary is not high. Hold it in your hand for a month after tax, just over 2000 points. In addition, my wife can't work with her children at home, so the income of our family of three is really not high, and we really become low-income people.

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China immigrants are the third largest immigrant group in the United States after Mexicans and Indians. In 20 16, the total number of immigrants from China reached 2.3 million, accounting for about 5% of the total immigrant population of 44 million.

Immigrants don't follow the crowd. I hope I can really understand the purpose of your immigration, think about what to do after going abroad, and then decide to go abroad after thinking clearly. Maybe your life will be better.