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. ... Those from Asia arrived primarily at the port of San Francisco. Some Asians came for the California Gold Rush that began in 1849. ... 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. ...

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Second generation immigrants face many problems when assimilating into mainstream American culture because they are constantly pressured by parents, peers and conflicts that arise with fitting into American culture while retaining traditional customs. ... However, no matter how clear-cut the household expectations are for the second generation, outside this realm, Asian American youth are found to be overwhelmed with identity problems because they try to maintain the practices demanded by their parents while still trying to conform to their peers. ... For example, since the struggle for iden...

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However, by the turn of the twenty- first century, more and more immigrants came everywhere from Asia moved into Flushing neighborhood. There are also large population of Koreans, Indians and other Asian ethnic groups as well. ... Within the 69.2% Asian population of Flushing, the most dominant groups are Chinese (67.8%), Korean (13.3%), and Indian (8.4%) (NYC Dept.. of Planning). ... 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 A...

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In the past decade, there has been the substantial increase in the numbers of Asian immigrants to the United States (Oh et. al., 2002). In 1980, more than 3.5 million people in the United States were Asians and Pacific Islanders; almost half of the 6 million legal immigrants and refugees to the United States came from Asian countries (Vega, 1991). ... 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...

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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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This man was not an Irish-American; he was an Irishman who became an American. ... Wilson argued that any American ought to be defined as American, and not taking into account their place of origin (Irish-American, Jewish-American ...) when they vote they are all Americans. ... The leaders of the different groups of immigrants as Italian-Americans, the Jewish-American, or Hungarian-American, demanded explanations for the comments made by Wilson in his book. ... Wilson's long campaign for immigration, his meetings with the different ethnic groups in America, his speeches defending the ...

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Today, America is known for it's rich immigrant history. ... If not to count the ancestors of the American Indians who presumably crossed the Bering Strait in ice age, the Chinese were the first Asians immigrants to enter the United States. ... 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. ...

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The above connoted law led to an influx of various immigrants in the United States including Asians, Africans, as well as the Europeans. ... Furthermore, the period preceding the American Revolution prompted various skilled Italian musicians, painters, artisans, and sculptors to explore into various opportunities provided by the American Revolution era. ... Even so, the number of Italian immigrants in various American contexts was not noticeable. ... Deductively, immigration of Italian Americans into the United States changed over time. ... Certainly, the new and unpredictable American environ...

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