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  2. History of immigration to the United States - Wikipedia

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    This quota, including acceptance of 55,000 Volksdeutschen, required sponsorship for all immigrants. The American program was the most notoriously bureaucratic of all the DP programs, and much of the humanitarian effort was undertaken by charitable organizations such as the Lutheran World Federation, as well as other ethnic groups. Along with an ...

  3. Americanization (immigration) - Wikipedia

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    The initial stages of immigrant Americanization began in the 1830s. Prior to 1820, foreign immigration to the United States was predominantly from the British Isles.There were other ethnic groups present, such as the French, Swedes and Germans in colonial times, but comparably, these ethnic groups were a minuscule fraction of the whole.

  4. European immigration to the Americas - Wikipedia

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    The final phase of colonial immigration, from 1760 to 1820, became dominated by free settlers and was marked by a huge increase in British immigrants to North America and the United States in particular. In that period, 871,000 Europeans immigrated to the Americas, of which over 70% were British (including Irish in that category).

  5. History of laws concerning immigration and naturalization in ...

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    Immigrant work visas run about 6 to 8 years behind current. [clarification needed] [citation needed] While the government does not publish data on the number of pending applications, the evidence is that the backlog in those categories dwarfs the yearly quotas. Legal immigration visas should not be confused with temporary work permits.

  6. American pioneer - Wikipedia

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    Daniel Boone Escorting the American Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap by George Caleb Bingham (1851–52). American pioneers, also known as American settlers, were European American, [1] Asian American, [2] and African American [3] settlers who migrated westward from the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States of America to settle and develop areas of the nation within the continent of ...

  7. The Baltimore bridge collapse reminds us immigrants often do ...

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    Immigrants built America, but some politicians and pundits would like us to believe that the great contributions of immigrants stopped somewhere in the late 1800s.

  8. Colonial history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The main waves of settlement came in the 17th century. After 1700, most immigrants to Colonial America arrived as indentured servants, young unmarried men and women seeking a new life in a much richer environment. [43]

  9. Letters: Immigrants helped build America and power the ... - AOL

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    Historically, America was built by immigrants, people who had nothing and needed to work hard to survive. They built economies and families. They contributed to America. Thank goodness for immigrants.