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  2. Houchen Settlement House - Wikipedia

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    Between 1890 and 1910, more than 12 million European people immigrated to the United States. They came from Ireland, Russia, Italy and other European countries and provided cheap factory labor, a demand that was created with the country's expansion into the west following the Civil War. Many immigrants lived in crowded and disease-ridden ...

  3. History of Central Americans in Houston - Wikipedia

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    This immigration wave from Central America led to many Central Americans settling portions of Southwest Houston and west Houston. [3] They settled southwest and west Houston because of a large amount of low income housing that was left vacant by Anglos during the 1980s oil bust.

  4. History of immigration to the United States - Wikipedia

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    As early as 1630, initial areas of settlement had already been largely cleared of Native Americans by major outbreaks of measles, smallpox, and bubonic plague decades before European settlers began arriving in large numbers. The leading killer was smallpox, which arrived in the New World around 1510–1530.

  5. Explainer-Who are the immigrants who could be targeted in ...

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    how many americans live in ‘mixed-status households’? The immigration advocacy group FWD.us projected that there would be 14.5 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally by January 2025, up from ...

  6. Americans less welcoming of immigrants without legal status ...

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    Americans have grown less welcoming toward immigrants living in the U.S. illegally since Donald Trump's first presidency but remain wary of harsh measures like using detention camps for Trump's ...

  7. European immigration to the Americas - Wikipedia

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    European immigration to the Americas was one of the largest migratory movements in human history. Between the years 1492 and 1930, more than 60 million Europeans immigrated to the American continent. Between 1492 and 1820, approximately 2.6 million Europeans immigrated to the Americas, of whom just under 50% were British, 40% were Spanish or ...

  8. Immigration to the United States - Wikipedia

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    European Americans remained predominant, although there were shifts toward Southern, Central, and Eastern Europe from immigration in the period 1790 to 1920. The formula determined that ancestry derived from Great Britain accounted for over 40% of the American gene pool, followed by German ancestry at 16%, then Irish ancestry at 11%.

  9. Harris to return to Washington to welcome Americans freed in ...

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    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will return to Washington from Houston to welcome Americans freed in a prisoner swap with Russia, a source familiar with the plan told ...