Immigration Identity Crisis

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At the rise of globalization, there was a drastic increase in the number of recorded immigrants into “core countries” (industrialized former colonial states that dominate the world economic system). Countries such as, the United States, have witnessed the migration of millions of immigrants from both semi periphery and periphery countries (developing countries like the Philippines, Mali, Congo, Burkina Faso, and Malaysia) [Guest 2016, 21-26]. These migrants have one thing in common, despite their apparent diverse languages, cultures and beliefs; all are in search of better lives. However, when immigrants encounter a new culture they are likely to encounter an identity crisis. They feel the need to, adapt and fit into the new society they have