Amending the constitution begins, and any idea on the process or the timeline of how this happens . Well, the government has made it clear that its appointing a committee of experts to look at a constitutional overhaul to address some of the concerns that have come up at moscows instigation, but a timeline for the people to vote on, and perhaps the president ial election, its not carved in stone, but one of the several processes intertwined in a way that lowers the intentions, between kiev and moscow and washington and moscow for this to really stick. Thank you so much, nick spicer there from geneva, and lets bring you back up to speed. The crisis in ukraine with the Russian Foreign minister saying that they have agreed that all occupied squares and buildings will be freed, weapons will only be held by what he calls legitimate authorities and monitors. And the constitution to be amended. Of course the key question is what will some of the protesters in the east in donetsk think of all of this . This agreement has been circulated to regional authorities, and they will tell us whether the regional authorities, they have signed off on this, the backing of those on top. And the osce is taking buildings and key squares. Well be back at the top of the hour. Hi, im Lisa Fletcher and youre in the stream. The American Dream, for immigrants, well talk about the realities of making it in the usa. Our dynel tall producer, rajahad ali, is here, bringing in all of your comments. Its as unique as every single individual coming to the u. S. But theres something about the American Dream. Im the child of immigrants around the world. Were all technically, im a couple of generations farther back. Ive gone around the world. And theres something about the American Dream. People are fascinated about it. And immigrants believe in it. But the community is a bit cynical due to the hardships. Millions of immigrants flock to the u. S. , but its not always easy street in the land of the free. Its projected that the children of immigrants will earn up to 15 less than their kurn parts. Some are surprised by the demands of the transition. My migration to the United States was quite interesting. And i think it is the same story for other immigrants. Particularly if they dont speak the language. Wherever theres loss, its a feeling of loss, and i was bewildered for a while. The opportunities are abundant. I finished school, and got employment. And live a very comfortable life that i wouldnt be able to live back if i were there. But for others, the opportunity of life in america cant be overstated. Despite the recession and tough job market, america is the top place for immigrants, with 30 to 40 million calling the u. S. Home. So for immigrants it and their families, what does the American Dream look like now . Tony hernandez, he and his family immigrated from cuba in the 1960s. Halle ib hi ibrahim moved to th. When he was 15. And anna moved here when she was 15 from the philippines. Tony, you interviewed hundreds of immigrants, and has the American Dream changed in the last few decades . I dont think that the American Dream has changed so much. The American Dream means Something Different for everyone. It means striking it rich. Based on over 1,000 interview thats i have conducted, that tends to be the minority. The majority of the people are simply coming here for the opportunity to live a better life. In the case of my parents, it was a chance to not live in a communist country. To be able to pursue their dreams, not necessarily tied to material goods. Where i think that the story changes so much, when my parents arrived here in the 60s, we moved to new jersey, and there were blue collar jobs everywhere. My father said, if i lost one job, i would find another one before i arrived home. Thats no longer the case. So for immigrants with limited education, it has been exponentially more difficult than it was 30, 40 years ago. What does the promise of a better life mean for you and your family . As far as the American Dream is concerned, making it by striking it rich here. Thats how we defined it. Are the expectations different than the 1920s . I think of my grandparents coming over and my great grandparents, and it was a hard time, but it was a different sort of feeling then. It was a different feeling, but we tend to sort of glamorize what it was like. The immigrant experience has never been easy in this country. Every single immigrant wave has been met with a tremendous amount of resistance, and we tend to forget over the course of history. So we look at the german wave, in the 1600s, ben franklin saying that unless this group is stopped, theyre going to overrun the country, and theyre not smart enough to learn english. But we know what happened, they were not only smart enough to learn the language, but made great contributions. Follow it up with the irish, in new york and boston, irish are obviously part of the social fabric of the country, and we tend to forget what they all went through. Its a sort of cycle where the children and the grandchildren of immigrants eventual become disconnected from their family story, and some become the oppressors of the next wave, the person or people that their own family members feared or perhaps hated, and how can we break that cycle with the true stories of the immigrant experience available to everybody. On facebook i think before moving to the states, everything was posh and pretty. And i didnt realize that the u. S. Struggled with the same issues with poverty and homelessness that any country does. And you are the daughter of filipino immigrants, and look, the narrative back home, especially from my family in pakistan, people think that america is paved with gold. And people come here, and they say, no, its paved with blood as well. What was your definition of the American Dream and did you realize it when you came here . My father came in the mid 80s, and at the time, there was a lot of political turmoil in the philippines, and so our future was uncertain. And he brought us here for me and my brother to follow later. But for me, the American Dream is being able to fulfill not necessarily wealth, butting able to provide a safe environment and for good education for my son. And i feel that i have achieved that so far. I am in the right place. I work for a major company. And ive been able to put myself where i need to be. And for the to future. Talk about your experience, and tony touched on this idea of racism and discrimination, even frommer former immigrants placed on the new immigrants, and what has been your experience in that regard . Well, if youre familiar with whats going on in somalia in the last 20 years, compared to the destruction and killing, the destruction of somalia, because of our own people. And we were just fighting in there, which was affecting our lives. But coming here, there are things unexpected, like the racism, and some people, the discrimination that exists here. But again, when we heard the story about slavery, all of that, we changed things. What happened before us, but yes, we there was the discrimination, and we have seen it. My first job that i took, before i had this job, when i was a student, was to be a taxi driver, and i was driving taxi, and doing that job, yes, you will have every single individual in your cardiff view, and there would be racial slurs and discrimination, and when it goes from there to higher level, to tennessee, in the case of the muslims, when it comes to mosque building, and cemetery, all of those are going at a higher level. But compared to the American Dream, what we can get here, that would be a tiny fraction. Tony, is there a Common Thread among all of the immigrants that youve interviewed . There are soom. Commalities . Yes, that has surprised me about the project. Sometimes we think that experiences are common among latinos, and its a latino thing, but thats not the case. I interviewed vietnamese immigrants, one in particular, the ceo of at t mobility, who arrived from cuba at the age of 5, so there are many commalities. Among all immigrants, it requires a tremendous leap of faith to leave everything that youve known, your family, culture, for something else. And thats what ties all immigrants of all nationalities together in a meaningful way. Coming up, how does it feel to be the First American in your family . And what are nativeborn americans missing when they step back and look at their communities. Welcome back, were talking about the immigrant dream. The struggle and the expectation that all things are possible. Sometimes its kind of funny as immigrants hearne to nav date the territory. My parents didnt speak english, and we learned english very quickly, and wherever they went, we were their translators, and i still remember, i was seven, and my brother was four, and we had never ordered pizza. My dad said. I ordered a large for my dad and a medium for my mom and a small for my brother. The 100 pizza order. We asked what is it like to be the First Americans in your immigrant family . We got a lot of tweets in, and ive been waiting to order from pizza hut as a kid. Tony, i want to get back to the idea of what it means to be the First American in your family. We were looking at that video, which was really cute, ordering all of the pizzas, but it brings up serious situations, like these kids having to navigate in an Adult Society on behalf of their parents, and the kids may have a more difficult time. That child becomes the First American in the family, the ones going to school, and have more of an access to a bilingual sort of world. And in most cases, they become the parents lifeline to society. So when theres an emergency, the one who calls the police is the child. The only one who speaks the language. A medical emergency. I cant tell you how many folks have interviews who relay stories, they have a broken leg. In one case, hit by a car. Broken ribs and legs, and at the age of seven, hes explaining to the mother what happened because the doctors couldnt communicate with the most so theyre forced to grow up at a very early age. Connor, what do americans who are born in America Mission out on because theyre not seeing things with the same eyes as those with the immigration experience . Number one, this land is for immigrants, and if you are an immigrant yourself, your father or great grandfather was an immigrant. The energies come here for a wonderful experience, and they come here to learn the language, and some come with their language. The kurdish did. And anybody who comes here comes with that experience, and they come with a new energy. Whenever they come to the area, talking about whats going on, the food, and the tradition, and the cultures that they have, there are those that move. You talk about the moving energy speaking about sharing, you were talking about community. And were both sons of pakistani immigrants, but oftentimes, the community, when they get angry at us, they say, youre getting too american as if thats a bad thing, and becoming american, do you think that you have to give up something that was positive about your culture and community in order to immigrate . Thats an interesting point. The way i always think about it, when youve lived in the u. S. For a while, and ive expect half of my life in the u. S. And half in pakistan, ive reached that point. You become an ambassador of the new country and the old country, and you have to strike a balance of what you expect of the new country and what you leave behind, and its a struggle. Youre exactly right. Its stigmatized almost to become too american, but you have to find a balance, and its a paradox actually. You could stay within your own community and be very comfortable, its just like your home country, or you can integrate. And if you dont integrate, you cant be part of the community. So its a tough balance. And we have those comments from our parents once in a while. Ann, was that an experience that was amplified for you . You came from the philippines, and you came back to the philippines for college, and did you feel any of that pull . It was interesting to me, when i first came to the states, i lived in hawaii for a year, and then i went back to finish my College Education because i didnt think that i could go to college here. But when i came back to the u. S. , i was already 21, and i was having a hard time looking for a job in silicon valley, though i have a good background. Primarily, most of the people who interviewed me thought i was too young, they thought i was 12 years old, which is funny, but my struggle was, i thought i spoke very well english, but i had to relearn myself, to learn how to speak it the american way. And the conversations were different, and the usage of words was different. I also had to learn how to drive, which was a big challenge, and do my own taxes, and to manage the credit that was so readily available, it was scary. So those are my challenges when i first came in. But when i moved to the east coast, thats when my career got started, and i have been on a roll since then, and ive been able to go to where i need to be. Just on the language, when i first came here, i spent my First Six Months obsessing about my accent. And every minute i was alone, i would practice, and at that time, i felt like if i had an accent, i felt i would be an outsider, and for a lot of immigrants, a lot of times if you have an accent, at least i have the impression that i wouldnt be accepted the same way, and i was just obsessed about it. I was actually born and raised here, but i was an esl kid. And my first language was urdy, and some think that i still have an accent. When my parents moved to the u. S. , when i was born, i was the first child, a girl, i decided to stay here as a future, and for my family, it means opportunity. For every family has the expectation of going back to home and when does every generation realize that home is here . How does that affect them . It depends on your nationality. For us, in 1967, we were given a document by the American Government with a telephone number that we would call to be repatriated back to cuba after the castro government fell, and that telephone number, almost 60 years later, hasnt been used. Many have the idea that well work three or four years, and then go back, but my experience is that its a very very small percentage that actually do go back, and for the children, whether immigrant children or u. S. Born second generation, they live in two worlds. They live with one foot in American Society. And one foot in their home country, and then a universal experience, where is it that they really belong . When were here, folks say, youre very cuban, youre very pakistani. And when we go home, right away, the way we dress is different, and were in a no mans land where collectively we live in two different cultures but we cant stake a flag if anyones face. Is there a point where those things merge for people . Coming up, the u. S. Is still the top destination for immigrants, and our guests talk about why the American Dream endures, after the break. We have been lucky enough to have been received by this country with open arms, and to be able to work here, to dream and to search and to achieve our dreams in this land, which is the greatest country on the face of the earth. No doubt. Welcome back, were talking about the American Dream, the u. S. Is the top destination worldwide for immigrants, and were talking about how immigrants are straddling two worlds, and they almost have two identities. Youve done thousands of interviews, and are there places where they Miles Per Hour . There are points where they merge clearly. The younger immigrants tend to want to fit into American Society and be very american, look very american and sound american. And we find that once they reach a certain age and the peer pressure is over, its a reenergance process, and they want to learn about their home country, and start to realize theyre not american. Though they feel american, they are Something Different. Theyre a hybrid and they want to find out the other half of their background, and it normally leads to a wonderful wake thing if you would. Will the American Dream change . I think it will always be there. I travel a lot for work, and wherever i go, people are how do i get there . But the thing that people dont realize is the toughest part of the American Dream is after you have already made it here. Its so difficult to come to the u. S. That its hard to think about all of the hard work when you come to the u. S. , and so i think that that dream will always exist, and so will the struggle. Tony, what you were saying to lisa and ann, im going to to you, in 2014, with all of the problems we have, can the American Dream still be achieved for immigrants coming ashore. Absolutely. I believe that for all of the work and sacrifice, the American Dream is very much alive today. Its not just for myself and for my son, but its not just for immigrants either. Even for those born and raised here, who have been here for years, they can still pursue the American Dream. And thats to be comfortable for themselves. And that is so much of it, right . What your individual definition is of fulfilling that dream. Absolutely, and it may mean Something Different for everyone, as i mentioned, in the case of my parents, they arrived here, my father had a third grade education, my mother, a 6th or 7th grade education, and i remember them working extremely hard. My dad worked two fulltime jobs, seven days a week for three years before he had his first day off. But all that they hammered into our psyche back then, the importance of an education, you have to go to school, and well put food on the table and put a roof over your heads, but you study so you dont have to work the way we have. Thanks to all of our guests for sharing their stories. Until next time, well see you online at aljazeera. Com ajamstream. Wel america. L jazeera these are the stories we are following for you. Vladimir putin words over ukraine to the air waves of russia. Telling the audience what he did and what he might do next. And two horrible stories about teenagers one in nigeria, where they cant seem to determine how many girls were kidnapped from a local high school. There are fears that the government is not being honest and hundreds of High School Students may be dead after a ferry capsized