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Vocabulary- **Immigration**- To enter and settle in a country or region to which one is not native. Time Line Picture Story My life compared to these immigrants, is much easier, because I pretty much have everything I want. The people in these pictures are living simply or poorly, with not a whole lot of necessities. If I were in their shoes, I would leave my home country to have a better life. Either way I probably would leave my home country to have a better life.
 * Migration**- The movement of persons from one country or locality to another.
 * Ellis Island**- 1892-1954
 * Angel Island**- 1910-1940
 * Assimilation**- The process by which a person or persons acquire the social and psychological characteristics of a group.
 * Political Asylum**- Approval provided by one nation to refugees (esp. political refugees) from another nation to live in that one nation.
 * Tenant Building**- A person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time.
 * Refugee**- One who flees in search of refuge, as in times of war, political o ppression, or religious persecution.
 * Alien**- A resident born in or belonging to another country who has not acquired citizenship by naturalization. (A foreigner)
 * Citizen**- A native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection.
 * Ethnic Groups**- Identity with or membership in a particular racial, national, or cultural group and observance of that group's customs, beliefs, and language.