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Legal immigration to the United States over time A naturalization ceremony in Salem, Massachusetts in 2007. As of 2018, approximately half of immigrants living in the United States are from Mexico and other Latin American countries. [121] Many Central Americans are fleeing because of desperate social and economic circumstances in their countries.
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 affirmed the national origins quota system of 1924 and limited total annual immigration to one sixth of one percent of the population of the continental United States in 1920, or 175,455. It exempted the spouses and children of U.S. citizens and people born in the Western Hemisphere from the quota.
Ellis Island was the gateway for over 20 million immigrants to the United States as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station for over sixty years from 1892 until 1954. The island, in Upper New York Bay , was greatly expanded with land reclamation between 1892 and 1934.
The United States Census has race and ethnicity as defined by the Office of Management and Budget in 1997. [1] The following median household income data are retrieved from American Community Survey 2021 1-year estimates.
This is a list of notable Chinese Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants who have made exceptional contributions to various facets of American society.
Sofia Vassilieva (born 1992), actress, parents were Russian immigrants; Sasha Velour (born 1987), drag queen and winner of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 9; Gene Wilder (1933–2016), actor, father was a Russian immigrant and mother was of Polish descent; Lana Wood (born 1946), actress, parents were immigrants from Russia
The White House's new strategy will toughen rules against illegal crossings while expanding opportunities for legal entry, but the approach has prompted criticism from the left and the right.
He was a member of the Republican Party. He ran for President of the United States in 1980, 1984 and 1988, making him America's first major-party presidential contender of Hispanic origin; Teresa Leger Fernandez (born 1959) – U.S. Congresswoman from New Mexico; Marco Antonio Firebaugh (1966-2006) – former California State Assembly member