Ever since people started coming to America, those that were here before them wondered why they came! Is it for freedom or for the idea that America is "The Land of Opportunity"" In this paper, I am going to look at the reasons "Immigrants" come to America. I will also discuss both their views of themselves and how Americans view them. The question I pose to answer throughout this paper is "When will Immigrants not be Immigrants anymore and become "Americans""

So why do people come to America from other countries? Hugo Ortega, arrived in Texas in 1982 from Mexico. He worked his way from dishwashing jobs and briefly living on the streets to being named "Chef of the Year" at the 2002 Houston Culinary Awards for his work with his prestigious Hugo's restaurant in Houston (Kaplan, 1 of 2). There are very few cases these days where people have had as...