Ever since Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492, America is constantly inundated with immigrants of various origins. In the beginning, people from England immigrated to America, and then other European countries followed. The American natives were treated as immigrants and forced to migrants into the western land due to Manifest Destiny in the 1860s. ... In CULTURES, RELIGIONS, AND POWER: PROCLAIMING CHRIST IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY, Phan explores the influences of immigration on cultures, religion, and world power. ... In Immigration And National Identity In Obama's America: ...

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According to Gibson-Graham, through centuries of influence from development through, Spanish colonization, and, subsequently, American occupation, the Filipinos are much more reluctant to stray from the current structure of development and become active members in developing their own communities. However, using the overseas population, the indentured migrant workers who send back remittances – the Filipino overseas contract workers (OCWs) – have taken the lead in become stakeholders in the development of their native communities. ...

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