America: A Salad Bowl

America has always been known for its cultural diversity and I feel that's exactly what it means when you call it a salad bowl. America is like a salad because you've taken so much diversity and crammed it into one spot and everything in it is different. There are many different cultures, religions, races, genders, and other diversities to make up the ingredients of this salad. One large problem America has is illegal immigration. America has had the re-occuring problem of having refugees from southern countries, such as Mexico, Guatemala, etc. etc., and have tried to contain and stop it with little avail. Millions of immigrants are able to pass through the border each year and make it to "freedom". Although we have a border patrol, it cannot stop everything that tries to make it into the country. Another part is the immigrants of which whom cross over by water, which is much harder to regulate. Summing this up, we have a large mixture of new ingredients being poured into our bowl each day, and although each ingredient may be very different, they all come together to make a salad which can coexist and thrive.