[[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 settlement of a foreigner in another nation. The reasons [[immigrants]] leave their homeland can vary, but it is often to benefit from entitlements or opportunities in the new country. Economic migration is more common in the 21st century, though occasionally, they immigrants also leave for come in search of [[religious freedom|religious]] and politica freedom, and better educational purposesopportunities. 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 immigrants.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===
Most of the migration to the [[thirteen colonies]] came from [[Britain]], with English, Scots and (Protestant) Irish{{fact}} ancestry. They remained inside the [[British Empire]], technically not leaving 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.
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==
*[[European migrant crisis]]
== Religion and migration ==
See: [[Religion and migration]]
==See also==
* 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)
==References==
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[[Category:Gilded Age]]
[[Category:Globalism]]