Not so Foreign Foreigners

According to The Department of Homeland Security, 13.3% of the population in 2014 emigrated from foreign countries (increasing the number by 2.5% from 2013). Every year the number of foreign born immigrants increases, included in this are my cousins. Two and a half years ago my three cousins came to America from France. This was a big transition because while we might find the things we do normal it is not for them. For example, the fact that we eat with our hands. I have a vivid memory of my uncle (their father) cleaning a half rack of ribs with a fork and knife and no mess. Then there’s me who had basically made a beard of sauce. My cousin, Illona Mathieu, said “The states are very different than France. In France people are more trusting but not as diverse. The culture in itself  is very different”. They moved to Ferndale, Michigan, a place that has a fair amount of African-Americans. In other countries, the US has a reputation of being fat,  racist, angry people who rely on other countries because our world revolves around commercialism. And yet people want to come here because we are the land of the free and home of the brave.