Quote: Originally Posted by ima
If you help me get all those Israeli immigrants to go back to where they came from as well.
IMA DUNCE
United States President John F. Kennedy, Author, "A Nation of Immigrants"
"Every American who ever lived, with the exception of one group, was either an immigrant himself or a descendant of immigrants”
Immigration policy should be generous. With such a policy, we can turn to the world, and to our own past, with clean hands and a clear conscience
The contribution of immigrants can be seen in every aspect of our national life. We see it in religion, in politics, in business, in the arts, in education, even in athletics and in entertainment. There is no part of our nation that has not been touched by our immigrant backround
The was the secret of America: A nation of people with the fresh memory of old traditions who dared to explore new frontiers, people eager to build lives for themselves in a spacious society that that did not restrict their freedom of choice and action
Every aspect of the American economy has profited from the contributions of immigrants
Browse Inside A Nation of Immigrants by John F. Kennedy
1815: The first great wave of immigration to US begins, bringing 5 million immigrants between 1815 and 1860
1820: The U.S. population is about 9.6 million. About 151,000 new immigrants arrive in 1820 alone
1825: Great Britain decrees that England is overpopulated and repeals laws prohibiting emigration. The first group of Norwegian immigrants arrive.
1846: Crop failures in Europe. Mortgage foreclosures send tens of thousands of the dispossessed to United States.
1846: Irish of all classes emigrate to the United States as a result of the potato famine.
1848: German political refugees emigrate following the failure of a revolution.
1862: The Homestead Act encourages naturalization by granting citizens title to 160 acres.
1880: The U.S. population is 50,155,783. More than 5.2 million immigrants enter the country between 1880 and 1890.
1890: New York is home to as many Germans as Hamburg, Germany.
1894: To escape Moslem massacres, Armenian Christians emigrate.
1900: The U.S. population is 75,994,575. More than 3,687,000 immigrants were admitted in the previous ten years. Ellis Island receiving station reopens with brick and ironwork structures.
1906: Bureau of Immigration is established
1910: The Mexican Revolution sends thousands to the United States seeking employment.
1940: The Alien Registration Act calls for registration and fingerprinting of all aliens. Approximately 5 million aliens register.
1946: The War Brides Act facilitates the immigration of foreign-born wives, fiances, husbands, and children of U.S. Armed Forces personnel.
1952: The Immigration and Naturalization Act brings into one comprehensive statute the multiple laws that govern immigration and naturalization to date.
1954: Ellis Island closes, marking an end to mass immigration
Ellis Island Immigrants
