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Immigrants consisted of religious immigrants escaping persecution
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The pilgrims enter the scene, wanting religious freedom and coming to the new world
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Pennsylvania becomes a haven for immigrants from all over the world
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A building run by German immigrants in Philadelphia becomes a resource for other German immigrants to find work and homes
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The introduction to a boom in Irish and German population in America
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The naturalization act allowed only white people of good character to become citizens, and all children born in America are citizens.
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The terror that was the French Revolution caused a stir in America, causing congress to up the amount of years for becoming a citizen from 1 to 5
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arriving in 1850 in droves, becoming roughly 4.5% of the US population in the 1800s
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Germans Immigrated for economical reasons, political freedom and religious freedom
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This act added a tax of fifty cents to all incoming immigrants and to a certain degree made it so no lunatic, idiot or someone unable to take care of themselves could come to America
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Most Italians who immigrated to America were looking to return with enough money to buy land back in Italy but stayed in America
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The height of immigration has begun! Italy and Mexico make their mark as immigrants in the USA
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Women were excluded from the Chinese Exclusion Act which allowed them to immigrate freely as long as it wasn't for prostitution
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The Second World War stopped immigration from Europe to America, creating an all time low in immigration for America
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Welcome to the Present! Now 27% of our population is made up of immigrants
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According to a survey done in 2008, immigrants from Central America make up 30.1% of the immigrant population of America
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Arizona had been struggling with many illegal immigrants, so on the 23rd of April 2010, governor Jan Brewer signed into law Senate Bill 1070.
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Arizona had made a law that is considered unlawful because it means Arizona Immigration Enforcement could legally throw illegal immigrants out of the state
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The executive order shielded over half of all "unauthorized" immigrants from deportation and unstable work -i.e. work with less than minimal pay
