[[File:Immigration chart (1).PNG|thumb|right|350px|By 2017, immigration in the United States was at or near its historic highs where Immigration Reform generally takes place.]]'''Immigration''' is the entry settlement of a person of a certain nationality to foreigner in another nation. The reasons for [[immigrants]] to leave their homeland can vary from abandonment of their family there to an attempt , but it is often to benefit from entitlements or opportunities in a the new country. Economic migration is more common in the 21st century, though immigrants also come in search of [[religious freedom|religious]] and politica freedom, and better educational opportunities. War, and other forms of violence, also causes people to leave their homeland. Strict national immigration policies can be effective at controlling immigration when enforced.<ref>Helbling, Marc; Leblang, David (April 27, 2018). [https://ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1475-6765.12279 Controlling immigration? How regulations affect migration flows]. ''European Journal of Political Research'', 58: 248-269. doi:10.1111/1475-6765.12279.</ref> Approximately 10 million European immigrants came to the United States between 1865-1900, most in search of religious freedom and greater prosperity.
Many of the top jobs in the [[U.S.]] are given away to foreigners now, such as the most lucrative [[baseball]] contracts. [[Liberal]] [[P-1 visa]]s allow this, which is just as harmful to the [[U.S.]] as sending [[American]] manufacturing jobs to foreign countries.
==US Immigration history==
Contrary to [[globalist]] and [[open borders]] talking points, the [[United States]] is not a "nation of immigrant",<ref>Multiple references:
*https://www.brookings.edu/product/our-nation-of-immigrants/
*Gonzalez, Pedro (July 8, 2018). [https://amgreatness.com/2018/07/08/america-is-not-a-nation-of-immigrants/ America Is Not a Nation of Immigrants]. ''American Greatness''. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
*Sutherland, Howard (November 18, 2002). [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-nation-of-immigrants-myth/ The Nation of Immigrants Myth]. ''The American Conservative''. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
See also:
*Binder, John (November 11, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2017/11/11/steve-bannon-were-a-nation-of-citizens-were-not-a-nation-of-immigrants/ Steve Bannon: ‘We’re a Nation of Citizens; We’re Not a Nation of Immigrants’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 18, 2019.</ref> but rather of descendants of immigrants. This talking point is often used as an argument in favor of mass levels of migration, including [[illegal immigration]].<ref>Munro, Neil (January 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2019/01/19/watch-nyt-writer-explains-why-nation-immigrants-needs-open-borders/ WATCH: New York Times Writer Explains Why a ‘Nation of Immigrants’ Needs Open Borders]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 18, 2019.</ref> However, Europeans [[colonized]] America and imported African slaves to further increase the non-indigenous population..
===Colonial America===
There is a longstanding belief that Most of the migration to the United States of America is a country of immigrants, often used as an argument in favor of [[illegal immigrationthirteen colonies]] by came from [[liberalsBritain]]. The truth, however, is that most of the migration to the U.S. in the colonial era came from Britain, with English, Scots and (Protestant) Irish{{fact}} ancestry. They moved inside the Empire and did not leave their native country for a foreign land, so they The earliest of these are not technically considered "immigrants" any more than , because they were conquering a person who moves foreign land from Florida to Alaska todayits inhabitants for the [[British Empire]].<ref>https://twitter.com/MarkSKrikorian/status/1123187983358808064</ref>
A large number of [[German American|German immigrants]] came to Pennsylvania and New York. To this day they are called "Pennsylvania Dutch" but they were Germans, and came for religious freedom and economic opportunity. Dutch did come and settle in New Amsterdam (now New York), which was part of the Dutch Empire so they were not "immigrants" either. [[Black history|Black slaves]] were involuntary immigrants to all the colonies, especially the tobacco plantations of Virginia and Maryland, and the rice plantations of South Carolina. The [[American Revolution]] cut off movement from 1775 to 1783. When it resumed , about 80,000 American Loyalists left the U.S. to immigrate to Canada, or return to Britain. Migration was light before 1815, because of wars in Europe. The import or export of slaves was made illegal in 1809.
===Early Nation: 1776–1860===
At the [[Constitutional Convention]], Founder [[Gouverneur Morris]] declared that anybody who would refer to themselves as a "citizen of the world" is the kind of person that he would not trust, and he went on to say that "every Society from a great nation down to a club had the right of declaring the conditions on which new members should be admitted".<ref>[https://www.hillsdale.edu/educational-outreach/free-market-forum/2012-archive/immigration-and-the-american-founding/ Immigration and the American Founding], [[Hillsdale College]]</ref><ref>[httphttps://www.nationalreview.com/article/207482/wrong-founders-john-fonte Wrong On The Founders], [[National Review]]</ref>
Historians have shown that in the nineteenth century, the U.S. was a place where immigrants could stake their claims for a new life. After arrival, German and Irish immigrants settled regionally by nativity within the U.S. The Irish accounted for 68% of all immigrants to the Northeast; Germans accounted for 47% of all immigrants to the Midwest; British immigrants accounted for 19% of immigrants to the Northeast and 20% of immigrants to the Midwest. After arrival, the British, German, and Irish achieved success in U.S. labor markets, and the British and German immigrants found opportunity in skilled occupations. Irish Catholic immigrants did not fare as well as the other two groups in terms of jobs and economic status, but still fared better than had they remained in Ireland. Moreover, all groups sharply improved their average skills in the U.S. after arrival. Wages were much higher in the U.S. than in Europe, and it was much easier to own a farm. However, Americans worked much harder than their European cousins and took fewer holidays.
===Gilded Age: 1860–1900===
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During the Gilded Age, 1865-1900, approximately 10 million European immigrants came to the United States, most in search of religious freedom and greater prosperity. They filled up the rich farmlands of the Middle West, as German and Scandinavian immigrants were especially eager to own land. They avoided the poverty -stricken South. The population surge in major U.S. cities as a result of immigration gave cities an even stronger impact on government, attracting power-hungry politicians and entrepreneurs. Pressuring voters or falsifying ballots was commonplace for politicians, who often sought power only to exploit their constituents. To accommodate the influx of people into the U.S., the federal government built [[Ellis Island]] in 1892 near the [[Statue of Liberty]]. After 1892, a short physical examination was given; those with contagious diseases were not admitted. Few immigrants went to the poverty-stricken South.
''"During the mass emigration from [[Italy]] during the century between 1876 to 1976, the U.S. was the largest single recipient of Italian immigrants in the world... In 1850, less than 4,000 Italians were reportedly in the U.S. However in 1880, merely four years after the influx of Italian immigrants migrated, the population skyrocketed to 44,000, and by 1900, 484,027.'' " <ref>[http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/Italian.html The Italians]</ref>
=== Chinese immigrants ===
The construction of the Central Pacific Railroad in [[California]] and [[Nevada]] was handled largely by American engineers and Chinese laborers. In the 1870 census , there were 58,000 Chinese men and 4,000 women in the entire country; these numbers grew to 100,000 men and 4,000 women in the 1880 census.<ref>[httphttps://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029/twps0029.html Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-born Population of the United States: 1850-1990]
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Labor unions such as the [[American Federation of Labor]] strongly opposed the presence of Chinese labor, by reason of both economic competition and race. Immigrants from China were not allowed to become citizens until 1950; however, their children born in the U.S. were full citizens.
While Congress considers new laws, the federal government is left with the task of enforcing existing laws fairly. For example, on November 14, 2016, the US Department of Justice filed a suit against two Washington State-based potato processing companies for discriminating against immigrant workers. These companies had allowed citizens flexibility in proving their status, but had unfairly limited immigrants in to prove their work authorization.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-lawsuit-against-washington-potato-company-and-pasco-processing|title=Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Washington Potato Company and Pasco Processing Alleging Discrimination Against Immigrants|date=Nov. 14, 2016|accessdate=Aug 20,2017}}</ref>
A Harvard/Harris Poll conducted in the Summer of 2019 revealed that 69 percent of swing [[voter]]s said they are somewhat unlikely or very unlikely to support a [[2020 presidential candidate]] that supports opening the U.S.-Mexico border to more [[illegal]] and [[legal]] immigration. Overall, about 64 percent of registered voters said they would be more unlikely to support a 2020 presidential candidate that backs increasing illegal and legal immigration to the country — including about 63 percent of [[Generation X]] voters, 45 percent of [[Democrat]]s, and 66 percent of voters who describe themselves as “[[moderate]].”<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/05/poll-swing-voters-hugely-oppose-2020-democrats-promising-more-immigration/</ref>
==Immigration to Australia==
Immigration has been prominent in [[Australia]]'s history since the beginning of British settlement in 1788. Originally used as a location for convicts, the discovery of gold in [[Victoria]] convinced other British people to come to Australia. For generations, most settlers came from the British Isles, and the people of Australia are still predominantly of British or Irish origin, with a culture and outlook similar to those of Americans. A "White Australia" policy operated from 1901 to the 1960s; it encouraged immigration by Europeans and blocked almost all other immigration.
== Immigration to Europe ==
*[[European migrant crisis]]
== Religion and migration ==
See: [[Religion and migration]]
==See also==
* Barkan, Elliott Robert. ''And Still They Come: Immigrants and American Society, 1920 to the 1990s'' (1996), by leading historian
* Barkan, Elliott Robert, ed. ''A Nation of Peoples: A Sourcebook on America's Multicultural Heritage'' (1999), 600pp; essays by scholars on 27 groups
* Barone, Michael. ''The New Americans: How the Melting Pot Can Work Again'' (2006), by a conservative expert [httphttps://www.amazon.com/New-Americans-Melting-Work-Again/dp/1596980265/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242105562&sr=8-1 excerpts and text search]
* Bodnar, John. ''The Transplanted: A History of Immigrants in Urban America'' (1985), liberal historian
* Daniels, Roger. ''Coming to America'' 2nd ed. (2005), liberal historian
* Meier, Matt S. and Gutierrez, Margo, eds. ''The Mexican American Experience: An Encyclopedia'' (2003) (ISBN 0-313-31643-0)
* Magocsi, Paul Robert. ''Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples'' (1999), 1350 pp; major compilation
* Thernstrom, Stephan, ed. ''Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups'' (1980) (ISBN 0-674-37512-2), the standard reference, covering all major groups and most minor groups; Thernstrom is a leading conservative historian [httphttps://www.amazon.com/Harvard-Encyclopedia-American-Ethnic-Groups/dp/0674375122 excerpt and text search]* Wittke, carlCarl. ''We Who Built America: The Saga of the Immigrant'' (1939), 552pp good older history cover major groups [http://www.questia.com/library/book/we-who-built-america-the-saga-of-the-immigrant-by-carl-wittke.jsp online edition]
===Recent migrations===
* Stouffer, S. A. ‘Intervening Opportunities: a Theory Relating Mobility and Distance’, American Sociological Review, (1940) vol 5, 845–67.
* Wolpert, J. (1965), ‘Behavioural Aspects of the Decision to Migrate’, Papers of the Regional Science Association, 15, 159–73.
* Zelinsky, Wilbur. "The Hypothesis of the Mobility Transition", ''Geographical Review'', 61, (1971) 219–49. ==See also==*[[8 USC 1373]]
== External links ==
*[http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/Jewish.html The Jewish]
*[http://bertschlossberg.blogspot.de/2013/03/then-from-egypt-to-israel-now-from.html Then, from Egypt to Israel: Now, from Russia and the U.S.]
*[https://calhoun.nps.edu/handle/10945/11515 Weapons of Mass Migration: Forced Displacement as an Instrument of Coercion]; Strategic Insights, v. 9, issue 1 (Spring-Summer 2010)
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