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=  A History of U.S. Immigration during 1965 - Present  =

**//Overview of U.S. Immigration during 1965 - present//**
//written by:// Angel Mena   People from around the world have traveled to America since the creation of the country to forge a better life for themselves. As America was booming forward, foreigners saw America as an opportunity to a fresh start. The freedoms were like nowhere else as America held a more diverse population than anywhere else. The promising thought of America led people to sacrifice all they had to move to this new country. America has been the hope and dreamland for millions of people, and continues to do so today.

[This chart shows the total number of immigrants that migrated to America through the years 1820 - 2010. You can see that in the more recent years, migration rose higher than ever in history]

There were several major groups of people who immigrated to the U.S. between the years of 1971 - 2002. The greatest numbers were China with 21,179,300 immigrants. Next were Mexico with 5,141,600 immigrants, Europe with 3,300,400 immigrants, the Caribbean with 2,936,800 immigrants, and the Philippines with 1,508,100 immigrants. South America had 1,479,700 immigrants, Vietnam had 1,098,000, and India had 1,005,100 immigrants. The rest had less than a million with South Korea in the lead with 839,600 immigrants, Africa with 825,000 immigrants, Laos with 215,800 immigrants, Japan with 177,600 immigrants, Cambodia with 150,900 immigrants, and Bangladesh with 93,900 immigrants. (Immigration)

//**Causes of Migration during 1965 - present** //
//written by: //Azehria Dabis Loy and Amanda Eisenberg 

Since 1965, the main cause for immigration has been for natural and social causes. Natural causes had changed peoples homelands in the environments or a disaster happening. People moved for colder of warmer climates and wanting to live somewhere that offered these things. Or people migrated due to disasters, such as volcano eruptions, floods, or fires. So many people moved at the same time because the same thing was happening to them at the same time. Social causes happened a lot more often then natural causes. People who were looking for more opportunities and better lives. Wanting more jobs, or a place to have a job. Or things happened such as population increases. Not having enough food to support everyone that lived there. Another reason was war. Loosing a war and not having enough resources or food and having everything destroyed and no money to fix the mess left after the war. Which meant no money and no jobs for people who need to support themselves and their families. People moved to the United States to find places that they could have jobs and have more opportunities that they couldn't have when they were living at their old homes. Moving for personal reasons. Wanting more then what they had, or something new that they didn't have before and wanted or needed. Natural disasters that forced them to move because they couldn't live there anymore.There were many different reasons people left, but usually natural causes and especially social causes. People left for more, more opportunities, more food, more money, and more options to have a better life. (Encarta)

In the recent years of Americas existence, millions of people have migrated here for various reasons. America has been known for its economic productivity. It has been the place of opportunity, freedom, technology, and the future. It has been known for its acceptance of people, not discriminating against different beliefs or values. People have come to be given the opportunity of choosing the life they want to create for themselves. People want to live in an environment where they can voice their own opinions and believe what they want to believe without fretting of punishment. America has been the hope of millions of refugees wishing to forge a new life for themselves, away from their homelands which may have held economic, political, and social corruption. America has always been known as the place where all impossibilities become possible as you have the ability to live what you only see in dreams. (Immigration)


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<span style="color: rgb(48, 174, 223)"><span style="color: rgb(48, 107, 192)"> During the late 20th century, there were a number of immigrants who arrived from lands devastated by war and poverty. The vast majority of immigrants were from poor developing countries who suffered from corrupt social systems.(Immigration U.S.) Many groups such as the Chinese moved to America in large numbers in order to escape their insecure homelands. Some were forced to migrate to America in order to support their families back home who lived in deep poverty. Once in America, some professionals were forced to work low-paying jobs in order to make a living. They took on undesirable jobs such as janitors because of the discrimination against them. Their lack of English skills and communication did not help their situation as it helped the discrimination carry through. At their arrival, many immigrants created small communities in which the different races could live together, separate from the rest. This was done to avoid unnecessary discrimination and to be together with ones who shared similar beliefs and heritage. The greater communities resided in major cities in California and New York. The most well-known of them would be Chinatown which still exists and thrives today.(Chinese) Today in this modern age, most immigrants are arriving from Asia and Latin America. European immigrants are less common as they were before.(Immigration U.S.)

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America is the land of opportunity and people have been trying to come here since its early colonization. The amount of people that migrate to America is greater than that of any other country. People come from places such as Mexico, the Philippines, China, India, South Korea, Vietnam, and the Dominican Republic and all of these people are mainly looking for job opportunities. The journey to the United States from an outside country is usually by airplane, but sometimes by means of boat. Immigrants from Mexico usually cross the border illegally. From 1965-today, and before that, immigrants have been restricted by passed laws that limit the number of immigrants that come yearly. There are specific laws that determine how many immigrants can come to the united sates. [|The Nationality Act of 1965] allowed 170,000 immigrants in the eastern hemisphere and 120,000 in the western hemisphere to enter the U.S. In the eastern hemisphere, preferences were given to relatives of the citizens, refugees, and people with job skills. In the western hemisphere, people got their citizenship by means of a first-come first-serve basis. Many immigrants settled in places like New York with the hopes of finding any sort of job. Because of this many people who are legal citizens of the U.S. lost their jobs. The rate at which people were coming to this country caused an upset to the working class and in 1986 the [|Immigration and Reform Act] was passed.This law stated that there are penalties for employers that hire illegal immigrants. Because of this many of the undocumented citizens turned to agriculture as their profession. The number of immigrants coming to America every year was so great that new, more effective laws were passed. In 2001, after 9-11, a new Illegal [|Immigration and Reform Responsibility act]was passed. This law stated that immigrants crossing the border without documentation would be turned away and not allowed into the U.S. Later in 2006 America broke out in protest because of a law that threatened all illegal immigrants. This law made it so that being an illegal immigrant would be considered a felony and all would be considered criminals. At this time there were up to 11 million illegal immigrants playing a role in Americas economy. All of the protests delayed the passing of this new law. The law never did pass but congress funded for a 1.2 billion dollar fence that blocked the America-Mexico border.(encarta) It is now 2008 and the number of people migrating to America has been increasing year by year. Every year new laws are made but nothing really changes. Every day a great number of people enter the U.S. and that's just the way it is.

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