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Center for Immigration Studies - 0 views

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immigration

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  • immigrants
  • mmigran
  • The nationÿfds immigrant population (legal and illegal) reached a record of 37.9 million in 2007.
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  • highest level in 80 years
  • one in eight U.S. residents
  • immigrants
  • immigrants
  • nearly one in three immigrants is an illegal alien
  • Half of Mexican and Central American immigrants and one-third of South American immigrants are illegal.  
  • Since 2000, 10.3 million immigrants have arrived
  • (5.6 million) are estimated to be illegal aliens.  
  • increases in immigrants were in California, Florida, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, Arizona, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.
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American Immigration Past and Present - 0 views

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american immigration past

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  • America has served as the destination point for a steady flow of immigrants
  • Their numbers declined with the onset of the Revolutionary War during the 1770s
  • picked up strongly again during the 1840s and 1850s.
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  • this need was filled once again by immigrants arriving from Europe.
  • 25 million arrived between 1866 and 1915
  • immigrants had come mainly from northern European countries such as England, Germany, and the Scandinavian countries
  • 1880s most new immigrants were arriving from southern and eastern European countries such as Italy, Poland and Russia.
  • World War I in 1919, immigration declined dramatically
  • low through the Depression era of the 1930s and the World War II years of the early 1940s.
  • began to increase again during the late 1940s, and has risen steadily since that time.
  • The current phase of immigration history began in 1965, when strict quotas based on nationality were eliminated. In 1978, the United States government set a single annual world quota of 290,000, and this ceiling was raised again in 1990 to 700,000.
  • pace that at times has exceeded one million new arrivals per year
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Angel Island Immigration Station Poetry - 0 views

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angel immigration poetry

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  • America has power, but not justice.In prison, we were victimized as if we were guilty.Given no opportunity to explain, it was really brutal.I bow my head in reflection but there isnothing I can do.
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Immigration and U.S. History - 1 views

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u.s. immigration history

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  • before it achieved independence and afterward, relied on the flow of newcomers from abroad to people its relatively open and unsettled lands. It shared this historical reality with Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Argentina, among other nations.
  • The numbers who came during this era were relatively small
  • changed, however, by the 1820s.
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  • first era of mass migration
  • decade through the 1880s, about 15 million
  • immigrants made their way to the United States
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Sports of The Times - Red Sox and Yankees Make September Meaningful - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • They have played each other 2,040 times over the decades, and the rivalry never gets old.
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    Redsox are better than yankees
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Boston Red Sox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Red Sox
  • Red Sox are a professional baseball team
  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search "Red Sox" redirects here. For the New Zealand football (soccer) club, see Red Sox Manawatu For current information on this topic, see 2010 Boston Red Sox season. Boston Red Sox Established 1901 Team logo Cap Insignia Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired numbers 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 14, 27, 42 Colors Red, midnight navy, white                Name Boston Red Sox (1908–present) Boston Americans (1901–1907)[1] Other nicknames The Sox, The BoSox, The Olde Towne Team Ballpark Fenway Park (1912–present) Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds (1901–1911) Major league titles World Series titles (7) 2007 • 2004 • 1918 • 1916 • 1915 • 1912 • 1903 AL Pennants (12) 2007 • 2004 • 1986 • 1975 • 1967 • 1946 • 1918 • 1916 • http://en.wikipedia
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  • based in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912. The "Red Sox" name was chosen by the team owner, John I. Taylor, around 1908, following previous Boston teams that had been known as the "Red Stockings".
  • in the first World Series in 1903
  • championship droughts in baseball history, called by some the "Curse of the Bambino" after its alleged beginning with the Red Sox's sale of Babe Ruth to the rival Yankees in 1918, an 86-year wait before the team's sixth World Championship in 2004.
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    redsox
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