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             It is well known that throughout history America has been a place for new.
             Immigrants have faced the strongest acts of racism and prejudice by the media in the United States. Immigrants coming to America have always been issues for the American society. America's culture is based on immigration and immigrants are the key to the success of the economy of this great powerful country. The media has been one of the most common ways to discriminate and act as a source to view immigrants as a dilemma to America. .
             The first immigrants came from England during the 1600's, most of them settled in New York City. Afterwards, European immigrants took the Native Americans? lands; they wanted to expand their territory and ended up taking out the Native Americans from their lands.To obtain property and mineral rights belonging to American Indians, Euro Americans have often coerced tribes into signing treaties that were not in the tribes? best interests and then refused to honor any beneficial terms in these agreements? (American Mosaic, 76). .
             European Immigrants started facing barriers since even before they.
             arrived to America, because they had to be a certain kind of privileged people to be.
             able to board the ships. Immigrants faced thisAs soon as they arrived, immigrant families were detained at the immigration center for a series of debasing questions and medical examinations? (American Mosaic, 160). Immigrants had to complete successfully many different tests that they were provided by the American INS officials. A lot of families were separated by immigration. Some members of the family were allowed to board the ships, while many of them were not. They were even sent back home if they were notqualified immigrants?. At the time they arrived, many of them were not welcome, especially by the established immigrants.The rejection of immigrants took several forms. Some members of the labor force regarded immigrants as a source of competition for jobs.


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