Or maybe it's just the sunshine and the beach that draws the immigration "crowds" to California. Whatever it is, native-born Californians are fast becoming the minority in the state. Today 22% of Californians are foreign born, and up to one-quarter of all immigrants to the U.S. have settled in the Southern California region. ... Southern California just appeals to all the senses. ... Some see the California that we once had as dead. ...

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Mexican Immigration Mexican immigration has been a problem in the United States since 1850 and still is to this date. Mexican immigrants, along with Mexican American descendants, have created a unique story of U.S. immigration. Millions of people in the U.S. today identify themselves as Mexican i...

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The area the immigrants came from began to change after 1880 with the majority coming from southern Italy. ... The majority of these immigrants came from southern Italy and there were many reasons for that. Southern Italy holds the majority of the lower class and has some of the most poverty stricken areas. ... Conditions in southern Italy were similar to share cropping. ... During this time California and Florida began to grown their own fruit crops (Pretelli, 2013; Iorizzo & Mondello, 1980). ...

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The political debate on United States immigration policy begun more than a hundred years ago remains alive today because the economic and cultural impacts of continue to be disputed. Nowhere can the day-to-day impact of immigration be more evident that in Texas where illegal workers cross back and forth daily. Unauthorized workers are an enduring component of the Houston work force despite attempts by the Immigration Department to restrict their migration into the city. In 1986, Congress moved to reduce unauthorized migration by eliminating U.S. employment opportunities for unauthorized worke...

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Another great wave began to arrive around 1890, consisting mainly of people from southern and eastern Europe. ... Out of all those new immigrants, more than 70 percent were from the southern and eastern part of Europe. ... It wasn't until the discovery of gold in 1848 that California started to grow. ...

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The type of immigrants that came from Italy was mostly artisans and peasants and they mainly came from Mezzogiorno, Southern Italy. ... The immigrants mostly settled in New York, New Jersey, California, Pennsylvania, and Florida. ...

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Illegal Immigration affects all Americans, even if they do not know it. An illegal immigrant is defined as, a foreigner that migrates to a country for a permanent residence, without authorization from the government and no form of identification. Currently, illegal immigrants make up about 4% of the...

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