Filipino immigration to the US is something that has been going on for decades due to political or economic reasons, here in this essay we will highlight the journey of Grace Lastralia and her experience with immigration in 2018. In her story, we discovered that in some cases of immigration it can be an exciting new experience for people seeking a better opportunity to grow and find their place in the world while learning a new way of life.
In our research, we have learned that not all immigration involves hardship, which is a common misconception. Our interviewee, Grace Lastralia mentions this about her hardships while immigrating; “There are many hardships in my home country, especially leaving your traditions. Because when you decide to move to a different location, you are ready to embrace the new culture. That's the hard decision. That's the hardest decision.” Throughout the interview, Grace says that she never really experienced many hardships during her journey to the United States. She mentions how leaving her home country was her hardest decision about immigrating. Grace mentions that she never felt alienated or discriminated against while actually living in the United States.…show more content… citizens than immigrants overall. In 2018, 71 percent of Filipinos were naturalized citizens, compared to 51 percent of the total foreign-born population.” This shows how Filipino immigrants the more they migrated became more commonly accepted & normalized by United States society compared to people who migrated from other countries, which connects back as to why Grace, who had migrated during 2018 the time period this study was conducted, never felt as though she didn’t belong when generations of Filipino immigrants had already made a place for themselves in the
