Index page for Immigration in the USA. Events & Issues, Periods of European Emigration, Statistics for European Emigration, Immigration Acts and Biographies of Immigrants.
Immigration has always been a major part of America. In fact, without immigration the creation of America would not have been possible. The majority of immigrants came to America for religious freedom and economic opportunities. However, for the most part before the 1870’s most immigrants were ...
immigration "policy" in the new nation universally welcomed free immigrants. American leaders understood that immigration was necessary to fill up their largely empty and expanding country and would have endorsed the nineteenth-century Argentine statesman Juan Bautista Alberdi's maxim that "to govern is...
David J. Bier, June 13, 2023 "America traditionally had few immigration restrictions, but since the 1920s, the law has banned most aspiring immigrants. Today, fewer than 1 percent of people who want to move permanently to the United States can do so legally. Immigrants cannot simply get an...
After 1914, immigration dropped off because of the war, and later because of immigration restrictions imposed in the 1920s. The reasons these new immigrants made the journey to America differed little from those of their predecessors. Escaping religious, racial, and political persecution, or ...
The article reviews the book "The Dream of America: Immigration 1870-1920," edited by Kevin Hillstrom, part of the "Defining Moments" series.Marcus, Sara Rofofskylibrary journalHillstrom, Kevin. The Dream of ...
The quota for immigrants entering the U.S. was set at two percent of the total of any given nation`s residents in the U.S. as reported in the 1890 census; after July 1, 1927, the two percent rule was to be replaced by an overall cap of 150,000 immigrants annually and quotas deter...
At the same time, the growing number of children born to Chinese Americans helped add to the community’s sense of permanence and stability. Since any child born in America automatically became a U.S. citizen, many parents bought property in their children’s names and were thus able to ...
Millions have migrated to the cities. This process is called migration. New jobs are encouraging migration from the cities of the north. People who migrate are called migrants or migrant workers. She was a migrant looking for a place to live. In South America there are three million migrant ...
Millions have migrated to the cities. This process is called migration. New jobs are encouraging migration from the cities of the north. People who migrate are called migrants or migrant workers. She was a migrant looking for a place to live. In South America there are three million migrant ...