Essay On Becoming An American Citizen

Like many things in history, ideas of our country’s citizenship have changed. However depending on what perspective you are looking for the amount of change is different. From the perspective of the immigrant the idea of becoming a citizen in America was a dream. The immigrants knew if they made it to our country they would have the freedom to express themselves, and start a new life without oppression and fulfill dreams of a better life. Even though the viewpoint of the citizen of the United States has changed the perspective of the immigrant has stayed the same.
Although the idea of citizenship has stayed the same for immigrants, the idea has evolved from people who are already citizens. At our country’s beginnings, we welcomed everyone with open arms. Our country was known as a “melting pot” because all our citizens were immigrants except for the Native Americans. However, as time passed, we do not greet everyone as openly as we did before because they are

This means that whatever I do will have an effect on the world around me. As a U.S. citizen I would think about my local community, state, and country first before the globe. However, a citizen can be both. In my opinion, I feel that we should put our own people first because our country does have many solvable problems such as illiteracy, homelessness, hunger, and poverty. However our country is spending large sums of money solving these issues in other countries across the globe, but not spending as much on these issues in our country. I believe helping the globe and donating money is important such as when natural disasters and disaster relief happen like the tsunamis, major earthquakes, and typhoons. However, to continue injecting resources towards issues as a global police officer, I feel that our citizens would benefit more from these resources than the global