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  2. History of immigration to the United States - Wikipedia

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    The history of immigration to the United States details the movement of people to the United States from the colonial era to the present day. Throughout U.S. history , the country experienced successive waves of immigration , particularly from Europe (see European Americans ) and later on from Asia (see Asian Americans ) and Latin America (see ...

  3. Immigration to the United States - Wikipedia

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    Immigration to the United States has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of its history. In absolute numbers, the United States has by far the highest number of immigrants in the world, with 50,661,149 people as of 2019.

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

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    Laborers in the United States and laborers with work visas received a certificate of residency and were allowed to travel in and out of the United States. Amendments made in 1884 tightened the provisions that allowed previous immigrants to leave and return, and clarified that the law applied to ethnic Chinese regardless of their country of origin.

  5. US immigration surge under Biden administration is biggest in ...

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    The US has seen its largest surge in immigration in its history under the Biden Administration — surpassing the Ellis Island-era migration boom that changed the face of the nation forever ...

  6. United States immigration statistics - Wikipedia

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    Immigration to the United States over time by region. In 2022 there was 46,118,600 immigrant residents in the United States or 13.8% of the US population according to the American Immigration Council. The number of undocumented or illegal immigrants stood at 9,940,700 in 2022 making up 21.6% of all immigrants or 3% of the total US population. [1]

  7. Italians in the United States before 1880 - Wikipedia

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    In 1870, prior to the large wave of Italian immigrants to the United States, there were fewer than 25,000 Italian immigrants in America, many of them Northern Italian refugees from the wars that accompanied the Risorgimento—the struggle for Italian reunification and independence from foreign rule which ended in 1870. Immigration began to ...

  8. What American history tells us about fear of immigrants - AOL

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    In the years since 1965, when a new law nullified the immigration restrictions of the 1920s, Americans have received and incorporated immigrants, a substantial percentage of them non-white, from ...

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

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    Immigration is beneficial for long run economic growth and will be vital as the U.S. faces an aging population. Letters: Immigrants helped build America and power the economy. We need them to succeed.