![]() My mother was considered an immigrant and a foreigner living in the United States. People would always ask me, “where is your mother from?” This is because she still had a Swedish accent, so even though she was an American citizen. ![]() She met my father, fell in love, and got married.īecause of her marriage to my father, my mother immigrated to the United States. When she left Sweden in her early 20s, she came to the United States for a short time to work. My mother was born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden. Some may say they are “Vietnamese-American,” “Mexican-American,” or “Swedish-American.” Many immigrants and even their children may identify themselves as having a dual cultural country identity even if they no longer hold a passport from their home country.Īn example of this is my own mother. Many immigrants may consider themselves to have a dual kind of country identity. If they immigrate to the United States, they now consider themselves American. Others are forced to leave their home countries due to war or safety issues.Įven if they were born in another country, most immigrants would now consider their new adopted country to be where they are from. ![]() Most people will immigrate to the United States either for a better opportunity for themselves and their families or because they have decided to get married to an American. This means they will become an actual citizen in the country they are immigrating to. For example, immigrating to the United States can be difficult for most foreigners.Īn immigrant will usually change over their passport or have dual citizenship between both countries. Immigrants must undergo all the legal paperwork to stay in their host country. “a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.” Oxford The dictionary definition of an immigrant is as follows: Immigrants have left their home country, realizing that they will never return to live permanently in their home country again. Definition Of An ImmigrantĪn immigrant is someone who comes to live in a foreign country permanently. Their countries may be close together, but the Germans would still be considered foreigners in France. This means that a foreigner is in a country other than their own for a specific period of time.Īn example of this may be that somebody goes on holiday to France but is from Germany. Normally, a foreigner is visiting, traveling to, or maybe staying in a place without the intention to permanently be in that foreign country. “a person born in or coming from a country other than one’s own.” Oxford ![]() The dictionary definition of a foreigner is as follows: Sometimes people will say “the foreigner is not from these parts.” An example of this would be an American who is visiting Vietnam. ![]()
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