The large inflow of Latinos, combined with growth in the U.S. native-born Hispanic population, have considerably altered the demographic structure of the country in this last century. The 2010 Census accounted for more than half of the nation's population growth in the previous decade. ... Hispanic population surged 43 percent to reach 50.5 million. ... There is nothing in this for republicans, independents, Americans and it isn't good for the American people, the only thing it will be good for democrats. ... If you are a foreign student seeking to start a business related in science...

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America the land of opportunity, or is it? In the first wave of colonists to arrive in America, populations that started off in the thousands were whittled down to hundreds, by harsh winters, disease, and starvation. ... Once they reached America it was a different story. ... America also held a lot of opportunities for people who didn't have a reason to stay in England. ... They have no reason to stay in England, because they will not get anything from there father once he dies so they go to America to find there fortune. ...

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According to census reports in 1850 the Italian population in America was 3,645 (Iorizzo & Mondello, 1980). Between 1850 and 1880 the number of Italian immigrants in America basically doubled each year ending with an Italian population of 44,230 in 1880. ... The 1890 census report shows the Italian population to be 182,580 (Lord, 1905) .This was more than the steady doubling in prior years. ... They were experiencing a population growth that was higher than the amount of national product (Iorizzo & Mondello, 1980). ... The literacy test would rule out over half of the southern Italy populat...

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According to a poll on fairus.org, 67% of Americans think America should close its borders. ... Immigrants are crowding America. ... There are about 27 million immigrants already living in the United States; this is a larger population than 49 out of the 50 states. Immigrant population as a whole is a huge net burden on the economy. ... The population of the United States was 130 million in 1930, over 260 million today, and if current immigration levels continue, it"ll be 340 million by 2050. ...

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Soon, despite American differences, the number of Asian American immigrants rapidly grew in the United States. ... That made up 1.5 percent of the population at that time. ... Asian Americans have brought there religion practices with them, which allow Americans to share a new cultural experience. ... Asia is also home of the largest Muslim population in the world, as well as significant numbers of Christians and Jews. ... They are as a whole better educated, occupy higher rung in the occupational ladder, and earn more money than the general U.S. population. ...

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Now population is soaring. ... World population is growing at an enormous rate. ... Latin America's population is now 390 million people. ... Mexico's population has tripled since the Second World War. ... Actually, many Americans already work in these low-paying jobs. ...

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In 1763 the population of New York had grown to be around 2.5 million people. The Non-English and black slaves made up one third of the population. Once the American Revolution started the immigration slowed down. ... A lot of the Irish settled in the Northeastern part of America. ... During that decade nearly 8.8 MILLION people arrived in America. ...

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Asian Americans include Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Koreans, etc. ... The Chinese population doubled itself from 1860-1870. ... That is how Chicago's American Filipino history began. ... In 1906 the Korean government prohibited immigration to North America. ... However, much of the clothes are similar to the way Americans dress. ...

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Illegal Immigration affects all Americans, even if they do not know it. ... Currently, illegal immigrants make up about 4% of the United States' population. ... Americans will work if they have the opportunity to. ... Non-citizens are 8.6 percent of the nation's adult population" (Camarota, Immigration and Crime: Assessing a Conflicted Issue). ... Gangs in America would also have a lower supply of drugs. ...

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Arabs began immigrating to the U.S. since the late nineteenth century to escape the problems of over population in their native countries and improve their living standards; however, many of them prove to be of great value to the American community in different fields. ... For example, it is believed that Arab Americans replace Native Americans in the work place and thus more and more Americans become jobless. ... However, others believe that many of the Arab Americans actually contribute to the American community. ... According to Samia El-Badry, an expert on Arab American demographics, "Ara...

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Statistics now show that immigrants crowd out both white and black Americans when it comes to filling new jobs. ... Yeah that's the way to control the population. Immigration currently accounts for approximately two-thirds of the population growth in the U.S.. ... He fills the cheap labor jobs that most Americans wouldn't normally take but he does not offer them citizenship. ... We still need to think about the welfare of American citizens before we should be thinking about people from other countries. ...

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According to Microsoft Bookshelf Encyclopedia, the reason for immigration is often social for example, population increases, defeat in war, desire for a better life through material gain and the search for religious or political freedom. ... The website of the Federation for American Immigration Reform explains how the first great wave of immigrants came to the U.S. ... This law forbade American vessels to transport Chinese immigrants to the United States. ... It would seem that the number would be quite small, however, the year was 1919 and the majority of the U.S. population was fore...

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Restore or Restrict Immigrants Almost 40% of the population of America are immigrants. ... In reality, immigrants can never be called an American because they weren't born in America. ... This means that one can't be a Filipino yesterday and 10 years later he/she is considered as an American. ... He can be an American at the same time maintaining his cultural identity as a Filipino. ... The entire journey of migrating and living in America is quite a wonderful experience to share with. ...

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Immigration and Our National Security With our busy, fast paced American lifestyle we soon forget what is important to us. ... This population increase is defiantly the largest increase in US history. ... Immigrants cost the American tax payers money. In the last decade immigrants accounted for two thirds of the uninsured population increase. ... And most Americans would rather give up a little of their "freedom" and "privicy" in order to maintain a safe and happy country. ...

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To most Chinese America represents freedom. ... One restriction is that they are allowed to have only one child because of the high population. ... Missionaries sent most of them to North America. People from India also came to America. ... The government was unable to do this successfully because patterns of these populations started showing up mainly in the Mid West. ...

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He immigrated to America when he was 20 years old . ... Firstly, immigration can be cited as the cause for multiplying the city's population. ... Riis was firmly against the Chinese population, much more than any other minority group. He states plainly that "The Chinese are in no sense a desirable element of the population, that they serve no useful purpose here" (Riis, 127). ... Finally the African Americans were looked upon very curiously by Riis. ...

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From Europe and Africa, from Canada and Asia, from Mexico and South America, people have come to the United States. ... (Bassett J.F., 2010) From the first settlements of the Quaker, Puritans, and Catholics, Americans have welcomed immigrants with opened arms. ... If we let this continue, hard-working Americans will be in trouble. (Steuver, D.H., 2009) In 1848, The Mexican-American border took shape with the Treaty of Guadalupe, which ended the Mexican-American War. ... Skilled professionals also form a significant portion of illegal immigrant population most of who enter the country legally,...

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Mexican immigrants, along with Mexican American descendants, have created a unique story of U.S. immigration. Millions of people in the U.S. today identify themselves as Mexican immigrants or Mexican Americans. Mexican immigrants now make up a large portion of the United States" population and they have become one of the most influential social and cultural groups in this country. ... Mexicans come to America to work in the fields or on construction, especially on railway working. ...

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Introduction: During the time period from 1880 - 1924 there were many developments and organization going on in America. ... These four developments had both negative and positive effects on America and also related and affected each other in different ways. Industrialization created a big growth in business, immigration boosted due to many jobs that were available, progressivism worked to improve things in America and imperialism was the expansion of America onto lesser countries. During this period and because of these developments America was changing, some...

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Was life really better in America? ... People came to the US to look for jobs only to find that over 50% of the US population was homeless and unemployed. ... The people that had the hardest time fitting into American culter were the Irish. For some reason Americans looked at them like they were dirt. Also, the Germans had a real easy time fitting into the American culture. ...

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This unique quality allows America to be the melting pot that it is today, full of diverse and rich cultures spread throughout its country. With this rush of immigrants and visitors come rules and regulations; otherwise the vast opportunities of America would crumble. ... The next vital piece of legislation that involves immigrants coming into America was the Refugee Act of 1980. ... Fixing America's broken immigration system requires a more thoughtful approach; mainly with more than one man's thoughts. ... The majority of the American population has become fed up with President Obam...

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As was noticed in 1900 when the U.S. population was at 75,994,575. ... During the time of 1607-1830 immigrants reasons for going to America was Political Freedom, Religious Tolerance, Economic Opportunity, Family Reunification. ...

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As a result, the LPS sample generalizes to the population of general amnesty recipients but not to the unauthorized population as a whole. ... Even so, the legalized population represents an important component of the unauthorized population, and its members" experiences while unauthorized, although no representative of all unauthorized workers, are common. Given that these workers represent long-term migrants dedicated to remaining in the United States, it is possible that any estimates of an unauthorized wage penalty based on this group underestimate the penalty for the population of illegal...

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Craftsmen also emigrated from Italy to the US but only a small population of them. 1913 was the highest amount of Italian immigrants the US got; most of them came from Northern Italy. ... The journey to America wasn't the easiest. It took about an average of 40 days to get to America and the amount of money it took to get to America was thirty US dollars. ... It was America's largest and most active immigration station. ... Italians became an important component of organized labor supply in America. ...

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They have lived here their whole lives, being American at heart. ... Secondly, it will affect other American students because immigrants aren't native speakers so they aren't able to use the language fluently like American students. ... Undocumented immigrant students becoming legal will make the student population grow drastically; the opportunities for US students will decrease. ... For example: American pay taxes for having the best education, poor American can have financial aids so the question is why undocumented immigrants who are not American can have those priorities? Ameri...

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