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    Yanni is a Greek man who immigrated to the United States in the 1980s from Greece. He had previously visited the US to get married to his American wife Harriet. Due to a struggling Greek economy in the 1980s, Yanni and Harriet decided to permanently relocate to the US. Yanni received a letter saying he was eligible for US citizenship. He went through the citizenship process at the US embassy in Athens, which involved taking a test on US history and government. Yanni and Harriet first settled in New York, where Yanni worked as a hotel concierge. They eventually relocated to Las Vegas, where they have now lived for over 30 years, raising two children.

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    Yanni is a Greek man who immigrated to the United States in the 1980s from Greece. He had previously visited the US to get married to his American wife Harriet. Due to a struggling Greek economy in the 1980s, Yanni and Harriet decided to permanently relocate to the US. Yanni received a letter saying he was eligible for US citizenship. He went through the citizenship process at the US embassy in Athens, which involved taking a test on US history and government. Yanni and Harriet first settled in New York, where Yanni worked as a hotel concierge. They eventually relocated to Las Vegas, where they have now lived for over 30 years, raising two children.

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    ImmigrationInterviewAssignment

    KathleenMyers

    CollegeofSouthernNevada


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    YanniisGreek,hewasborninGreecearoundthe1950s.Whileinhisthirtieshedecidedto
    permanentlymovetotheUnitedStatesinthe1980s.HehadpreviouslybeentotheU.Swhen
    hegotmarriedtohiswifeHarriet.TheybothwantedtohaveasmallweddingintheU.Sandnot
    aBigFatGreekstylewedding.AlthoughhemethiswifeHarrietinGreece,shewasinfacta
    U.Scitizen.WhileintheU.ShealsofiledforaSocialSecuritycard.Aftergettingmarriedinthe
    U.SthecouplereturnedtoGreeceforawhile.Afterafewmoreyearsofstrugglingandwishing
    formoreopportunities,andalittleadventure,thecoupledecidedtheywantedtomaketheU.S
    theirhomepermanently.

    AsManning&Baruth(2009)explainTheGreekeconomyfailedtoshowsignsofimprovement
    (pg.145)causingYanniandHarriettoseekopportunitiesintheU.S.Howeverbeforeleaving
    Greece,YannireceivedaletterfromtheU.Ssayinghewaseligibletoobtaincitizenship.After
    hegothisletter,hetraveledtoAthenstotheU.Sembassy,inordertofilecitizenshippapers.
    Yannidescribestheprocessasprettysimple,almostlikegoingtotheDMVandgettinga
    license.HesaidhehadtoreadabooklettogooverAmericanHistory,Governmentstructures,
    Congress,etc.TherewasalowfeeassociatedwiththetestandEnglishandSpanishversions
    availableaswellasGreek.HetooktheEnglishversionsincehewasfluentinEnglishalready.

    YanniandHarrietmadetheirmovepermanentonJanuary1st,1980.TheyarrivedinNewYork
    andsettledinManhattan.Yanniwasalreadyexperiencedasahotelconcierge,workingatthe
    HiltoninGreece.HetransferredtotheHiltoninNewYork.AlthoughthecouplemarriedinLas
    Vegasandhadbeentothiscountrybefore,thiswasthefirsttimeinNewYork.Yannidescribes
    NewYorkasmulticultural,multiethnic,fastpaced,withamagnitudesohugeitisunmatched
    anywhereintheworld.HewasinaweofNewYorkandlovedit.Although15%ofEuropeans


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    settledintheNorthEastpartofthecountryuponarrival,about35%endofsettlingintheWest
    (Manning&Baruth,2009,p.146).AlthoughYannididliveinNewYorkforseveralyearshe
    relocatedtoLasVegaseventually.YanniflourishedinNewYorkatseveralhotelsbesidesthe
    Hilton.Yanniwasaveryambitiousandadventurousyoungman,takingineverythingthis
    countryhadtooffer,whilealsostayingtruetohisvalues.ValuesmanyEuropeansholdsuchas
    individualpersonalachievement,independence,andcontroloveronesenvironment(Manning
    &Baruth,2009,p147).

    AlthoughYannilovesAmerica,therewillalwaysbeaplaceinhisheartforhishomecountry.
    Yannidescribeshiscountryasbeautiful,surroundedbywater,fourseasonseveryyear,and
    muchmuchsmallerthanNewYork..Greecehasanislandlifestyle,withasmalltouristelement
    aswell.Boatseverywherethatareusedfortransportation.Also,plentyofCulturesuchas
    history,buildings,music,andfood.YannidescribesGreeceaspeacefulandslowerpaced.
    Yannihintsatthefactthatalthoughheloveshiscountry,heneededmore.Greeksarevery
    proudindividuals,aswellasambitiousandhardworking(Manning&Baruth,2009,p148).
    AlthoughGreeksareproudhardworkingpeopletheyarealsoveryfrugalwiththeirmoney,
    carefulsavers,andusefinancialresourceswisely(Manning&Baruth,2009,p.148).

    YanniandhiswifehavenowlivedintheU.Sforoverthirtyyearsnow.Theyraisedtwochildren,
    andhaveseveralgrandchildren.TheyhavelivedinLasVegasforovertenyearsandresidein
    theCentennialarea.TheybothspeakfluentEnglishbuthaveaGreekaccent.Theyalsohavea
    lotofloveforhonorandthefamily(Manning&Baruth,2009,p.148).Theyarevibrant,
    vivacious,andhighlyintelligentpeoplewhoareclassicexamplesofEuropeanimmigrantswho
    madesomethingofthemselvesintheUnitedStates.


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    References

    Manning,M.L,&BaruthL.G.(2009)MulticulturalEducationofChildrenandAdolescents
    145148


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