What has changed in immigration numbers in the last few decades? Has the number of immigrants to the United States increased or declined, and what about the numbers of people who immigrate from each country, and what are their motives? If we are to find those answers, we will need to dig deeper.
There are many reasons people move to the USA, and one of the biggest is to get away from something, from natural disaster and famine to war and tight restrictions, these are all things that many of the immigrants want to be free of. Many immigrants come from America itself, but not the US. I’m talking about Canada and Central and South America. There has been 14,606,684 total immigrants from just those areas from 1960 to 2010, making them the number one in immigration numbers. In second and third come Asia and Europe, with 10,538,843 and 4,287,351 immigrants total from these areas in the last 40 years. Now let’s see exactly how much immigration has changed over the years. …show more content…
The US was still recovering from its drop in immigration that lasted from 1910 to 1940. This was due to the Great Depression. This left many without and clamoring for jobs. Then, in the early 1940s, the effects of the depression started to wear off and immigration numbers rose. Immigration has risen 2,000,000 more than what it had originally been in 1900. These numbers show that the US is the country that people want to move to the most, when we are not facing financial and political problems. Which brings us to our next topic, immigration
There are many reasons people move to the USA, and one of the biggest is to get away from something, from natural disaster and famine to war and tight restrictions, these are all things that many of the immigrants want to be free of. Many immigrants come from America itself, but not the US. I’m talking about Canada and Central and South America. There has been 14,606,684 total immigrants from just those areas from 1960 to 2010, making them the number one in immigration numbers. In second and third come Asia and Europe, with 10,538,843 and 4,287,351 immigrants total from these areas in the last 40 years. Now let’s see exactly how much immigration has changed over the years. …show more content…
The US was still recovering from its drop in immigration that lasted from 1910 to 1940. This was due to the Great Depression. This left many without and clamoring for jobs. Then, in the early 1940s, the effects of the depression started to wear off and immigration numbers rose. Immigration has risen 2,000,000 more than what it had originally been in 1900. These numbers show that the US is the country that people want to move to the most, when we are not facing financial and political problems. Which brings us to our next topic, immigration