Who Are Immigrants Responsible For Migration In The United States?

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Immigrants that is who is responsible for founding this country. Italian explorers Amerigo Vespucci and Christopher Columbus were the first of the outsiders to set foot on the North American continent. Waves of immigration have caused this country to prosper through the good times as well as the bad times, from the first colonists to the first states, we owe a lot to immigrants. Immigrants have given this country a sense of heritage, and from values that were carried over from the “old countries” which is what the values of today are based upon. People immigrate to a different land for many different reasons. The general reasoning is mostly freedom, people want the freedom to do what they want, earn a living how they want, practice their religion without prosecution or harassment. The first big wave of immigration in the 1800’s was the potato famine of…show more content…
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