Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Life After Panama

Contributed by Christian Conyers
           Immigrants come to America and to other countries from all kinds of areas such as Italy, Spain, Africa and Central America. In 2012, a total of 640 million people wanted to immigrate to another county. Out of those people, 150 million wanted to move to the United States. During the 1960s and 1970s, Panamanians were the majority of Central Americans that immigrated to America. The number of Panamanians immigrating to American decreased over time.


            Below is a video of Esmene Hampton, a former resident of Panama, who has moved to America for a better life.  Click here Interview or go to

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8tMwk84aH27WGdiVGR4d19UT0k/edit?usp=sharing


For more information on immigration, see the following sources:
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"Immigration." American Decades. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, et al. Vol. 2:
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"Immigration." U*X*L Encyclopedia of U.S. History. Sonia Benson, Daniel
E. Brannen, Jr., and Rebecca Valentine. Ed. Lawrence W. Baker and Sarah
Hermsen. Vol. 4. Detroit: UXL, 2009. 742-748. Gale Virtual Reference
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"Immigration." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Ed.
William A. Darity, Jr. 2nd ed. Vol. 3. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA,
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JOHNSON, PHYLLIS J. "Immigration." International Encyclopedia of
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