Sixth Grade
Worksheets
Challenges Immigrants Face
Moving is not an easy thing to do. A person has to leave his or her friends and family behind. There are new schools and new towns. A lot of times a family will move because an adult has a new job. It is a stressful but an exciting time, too. Now imagine you are moving to a new country. You don't know anyone there. No one in your family speaks the language well. When you get there, your parents will have to find a house, jobs, and learn to survive in what seems like a different world. These are some of the problems that immigrants to this country face every day.
Immigrants come to this country for a better life. For different reasons, immigrants are sure that things will be better in this country. Many immigrants come to find work. There are many jobs in this country. But immigrants who don't speak English have a hard time doing many of them. Instead, they have to take jobs that don't pay as much money. This makes it very difficult for them to afford many of the things that they hoped to have. Immigrants may also take jobs that many citizens do not want. There are many jobs that are dangerous or require a lot of heavy lifting or hard labor. Some are in very hot or dirty environments. Many people do not want to do these types of jobs. Many immigrants, though, are willing to do any type of work to live here.
Immigrants fear they will be taken advantage of because they can't understand what is going on around them. Many of them don't know where to get help because they don't speak English. They can feel very alone if they live in a place where no one understands them.
