The new found industrialization provided a growing need for more workers, leading to the population spike in the large cities such as New York and Chicago. This direct relationship between the industrial development and population growth shows how the post-Civil War transformation had such consistent and rapid proliferation. ... For this first time in America's history the economy was growing exponentially and so was the population. ... With the boom of population in the late 1800s, immigration was a huge factor in the new low-wage workforce. ... Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and fin...

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Consequently, I argue that although Central American and Mexican immigrants are racialized as Latinos who take jobs away from American citizens, hold similar social status, and both use networks, the immigration by the people from Mexico since the 1960's has many differences from that of the people of Central America. ... Consequently, in 1970 and 1971 a recession made both Central American and Mexican immigrants targets of criticism because of the thought that "illegal aliens" were stealing jobs from American citizens. ... Networks wee also important to Central American immigrant. ......

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"Living in America: Challenges Facing New Immigrants and Refugees" by Katherine Garrett and Robin Wood Johnson Foundation is a focus group study that explains the common challenges immigrants encounter when they come to America. ... Being unable to speak English attributes to an immigrant's difficulty to assimilate into American society. ... America is the home of the free, and that is what attracts many immigrants; therefore, America needs to improve the availability of ESL education. ... If immigrants have to learn about American customs and cultures, Americans should lear...

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The population had doubled within 30 years of fighting one of the most deadly battles of the country's history. ... The population had doubled within 30 years, driving many citizens out of business (farmers being the majority) and into either factory jobs with horrible conditions, or no job at all, resulting in an unemployment rate rising almost as fast as the immigration rate. ... From the end of the Civil war to the end of the 19th century, the United States population had doubled due to the huge influx of immigrants, seeking a promising future in the "land of freedom". ... This lead to...

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The growth of the American economy is due to many factors. ... Big buisness was a big factor in the growth in the American economy but mass immigration was the biggest factor. ... This mass employment although couldnt of come with the small population of 62 million in the 1890 but instead these big buisnesses had a massive pool of low skilled, low pay workers. ... This promopted and made it easy for immigrants to get from Europe to America and led on Mass immigration. ... This all making the growth in American economy much faster. ...

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Only three percent of the immigrant population of each country living in the United States was allowed to enter the country each year. ... During this time America became a "melting pot" as styled by Woodrow Wilson. People immigrated to America because they wanted to find the "American dream.... Isolationism in terms of trade helped protect the American industry. ... The immigration policy is consistent with American ideals because American ideals are based upon the sanctity of life and the American dream. ...

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More than half of the early European immigrants had arrived as indentured servants, who worked for a period of years without wages in exchange for their passage to and upkeep in America. Immigrants to colonial America were welcomed because of an acute need for labor. ... With the economic depression of 1873, many Americans lost their jobs, and west coast residents blamed the Chinese for the region's economic ills and declining wages. ... They were "pushed" by wars, pogroms, and major changes in European society, including a dramatic increase in population, the spread of commerci...

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Due to increased traffic, population in Flushing grew rapidly. ... In the 1960, 97 percent of the population was non-Hispanic white. ... There are also large population of Koreans, Indians and other Asian ethnic groups as well. ... For instance, John Chun Liu, the first Asian American elected to the city council and Grace Meng became the first Asian American elected to Congress in 2012(Foner). ... Including Hindu Temple Society of North America,the Korean Performing Arts Center, the Binari-Korean American Cultural Troupe, the Korean-American Literary Association of New York Sunflower Interna...

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According to Omar Jadwat, lawyer of the Immigrants' Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, "Arizona's law is quintessentially un-American: We are not a ˜show me your papers' country, nor one that believes in subjecting people to harassment, investigation and arrest simply because others may perceive them as foreign " (par. 3). ... Consequentially, the significant drop of the immigration population in Arizona, caused by SB1070, is leading the state towards an economic crisis. ... During the first year of SB1070, Arizona lost 2,700 jobs and $253 million, whi...

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Granting American liberties and privileges to non-Americans will only create more cultural issues and division. ... They will most likely fail in successfully assimilating into American culture. ... Being that about half of the illegal immigrant population originates from Mexico, the country of Mexico must treat other immigrants with respect (Krogstad). ... The acceptance of illegal immigrants will cause an increase in the illegal population. ... This is a major threat to the American people. ...

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He has also been responsible for the writing and holding consultations for grants for community groups and participated in seminars for teachers, lay people, church leaders, communities and other groups of people interested in the debate about the struggles of the Arab populations living in Detroit. ... They represent the two levels that the American Arabs identify themselves with. ... On the other hand, identity 2 refers to the second level of identification in which they Arab population in the United States assumes the American identity. In this case, they become Arab Americans. ... The iden...

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Immigration of various populations into the United States and other parts of the globe occurs as one of the topics that has and continues to be explored by various scholars. ... Speaking of the 1965 Immigration Act, this connotes to a policy document that allowed populations displaced by the Second World War to enter into the United States and attain American citizenship (Minetor 64). ... Despite the fact that the above connoted act was in favour of immigrants displaced by the World War II, there is a need to comprehend with the fact that the Act set a platform for the entry of other populat...

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Throughout our history America has always been a destination for those who had dreams to come and take advantage of the opportunities America had to offer. ... More than half of the city's population at that time was immigrants and their American-born children." ... A majority of cities were flooded by this intense wave of immigration, increasing the population of immigrants living in America and making it more difficult for politicians and the government to create legislation, making it necessary that the needs of these immigrants be addressed properly. ... New inventions brought...

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One would think having a diverse population would be a positive aspect and a good trait to have as a country, but knowing the United States social and economic situations right now, you can point a finger at many things that cause tension within our country, especially the war on drugs, immigration, and education in the United States. ... Today, immigration is one of the most feared things by many Americans because there is a threat to job security and strains the education system in the country, a reason being that almost none of these immigrants know or even care enough to learn English. ......

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The societies where the number of pensioners higher than working-age population will incapacitate in development of economy and other essential aspects of life (Borjas). ... Consequently, with the help of immigrants, countries of Western Europe and North America are able to compensate for a trend of low fertility and an aging population. ... According to United Nations, in 2013 the number of international immigrants was 232 million people, or 3.2 percent of world's population. ...

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First, I will talk about the effect of NAFTA on the increase in the undocumented population here in the United States as well as country's obligations, if any, towards this underground group. ... In 1991, less than 2% of the U.S. population was involved in agricultural work whereas 26.8% of the Mexican population was involved farming. ... The percentage of the Mexican population employed in farming dropped to 16.4% in 2004, resulting in the loss of 2 million Mexican jobs (Scott et all., 2006). This came as a result of the large influx of low-cost, heavily subsidized American goods, wh...

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There are two main viewpoints of whether immigrants are good for the American economy. ... These immigrants, back in the late 19th century, would increase the population of the country, which would simultaneously increase the labor force and increase transportation and communications across the country. In turn, this helped with the industrialization of America and its economy back in the day to make it what it is at present. ... After moving to these cities, the population added to the labor force, trying to fill up available jobs. ... Also, new technology such as the first telephone and the ...

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They story began by the immigrants demonstrating their allegiance to America by way of denouncing their homeland. ... The Irish immigrants resented any foreign involvement in their quest to become American. ... Ignatiev then used Thomas Branagan as an example of what living in America could do to one's thoughts. ... The example of Binns was effective in showing the power the Democrats knew it had and how it catered to the Irish, since they were a large population whose votes could help them in their support of slavery. ... The Protestants in America considered the Irish to be a lower...

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This Act will allow them a chance to live without fear from deportation and become active American citizens. I also learned that most undocumented immigrants who come to the United States want to live the American Dream. ... According to the Center for American Progress, "If these migrants are given work permits and brought into the system, they will contribute $45 billion over five years in payroll taxes to the United States economy" (New York Times). ... When I lived in San Francisco, there was a very large Asian and Mexican population with varying degrees of immigration status....

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Statistics compiled by the Pew Hispanic Center report that an estimated 11.7 million illegal immigrants resided in the United States in 2012, 58% of that population being from Mexico (Passel). With over half of this massive population being from just south of the border, it is no wonder why discussion surrounding immigration in the news is dominated by topics such as violence in border communities due to drug trafficking, the "takeover" of Spanish speakers in the U.S., the competition for jobs amongst American citizens and Mexican immigrants, and the financial burden placed on border...

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Today, America is known for it's rich immigrant history. ... America's attitude towards Chinese immigrants remained very immoral. ... They arrived in America looking for money to send it back to their poor families. ... They were prohibited to become an American citizen. ... However, the act froze the population of the Chinese community leaving its already uneven sex ratio highly imbalanced. ...

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Both these events have caused a massive stir throughout the country millions of Americans nationwide are protesting these heinous event where one teenage African American boy was killed and the other where one African American man was choked to death by a New York police officer even after the man was making a plea to the officer that he couldn't breathe. ... President Obama wants to pursue an executive order because he believes that the current American immigration system is broken and that it has been broken for a long time (Voice of America News). ... This newest reform by the presiden...

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Immigrants may have lived far away once before, but now they can easily take jobs away from Americans. ... Americans should enforce the immigration laws rather than reforming them for attaining a citizenship.  ... This will prove that they will do whatever it takes to become an American citizen. ... Popular opinion does reveal that many Americans also want the laws to be enforced, not reformed. According to an article in the Huffington Post, "The messaging for the overall campaign for immigration reform has really been about connecting American values--of inclusion, America's im...

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The first change is physical such as moving into a new place and increasing population density (Berry, 1992). ... However, immigrant children are generally eager to embrace American culture and to acquire an American identity by becoming indistinguishable from their American peers (Zhou, 1997). ... The major issue with American immigrant children is do their parents provide them with opportunities that they have a change to accomplish or even be introduced too. ... But the issue is right after school they get stuck continuing the work of their parents began doing when they had immigrated over ...

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This man was not an Irish-American; he was an Irishman who became an American. ... For Wilson these immigrants had ''neither skill nor energy nor any initiative of quick intelligence'' and looked as if Southern and Eastern countries of Europe'' were shedding the worst and most sordid elements of its population'' (Woodrow Wilson; 1901; Page 88-89) The change in his policy can be observed when he presented his candidacy to President of the United States in 1912. ... Wilson argued that any American ought to be defined as American, and not taking into acc...

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