Many immigrants to the united states in the late twentieth century came from

Europeans formed the mass of immigration to the United States. This immigration began with the colonization of the country, still in the seventeenth century and lasted until the mid-1970s.  

Explanation:

England was in a troubled mood. The official religion was the Anglican, and consequently followers of several other Protestant denominations were persecuted. The enclosure of the fields also contributed to thousands of people leaving the rural areas and heading to the cities, which became saturated. The way out of this religious and economic crisis was to immigrate to North America. The first English colony successfully established in North America was Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. Pilgrims and Puritans settled in Massachusetts in the following years. From there, thousands of Protestants moved there, giving rise to the region known as New England, the embryo for the formation of the Thirteen Colonies and, consequently, the United States.

It is to be noted that many settlers came from other parts of Europe. In 1626 the Indians sold the island of Manhattan for 25 dollars for Dutch colonists to occupy the region of the Hudson River and to found New Amsterdam, where nowadays is New York. Fleeing from religious persecution, thousands of Germans immigrated to Pennsylvania from 1680. The eighteenth century was marked by the arrival of large numbers of immigrants from Scotland and Ireland, who colonized the interior of the Thirteen Colonies. These settlers were quickly assimilated into dominant English culture.

Nearly around 14 million people entered United States as immigrants between the period of 2000 to 2010 and most of them were from Mexico, China and India.

Further Explanation:

During the period of 2000 to 2010, People who entered United States as immigrants were nationals of China, Mexico and India and around one million of them were naturalized citizens of United States in 2008. This is the country limit for USA and it is applied as the providing of same number of visas to all the countries regardless of their population. A study states that out of those 14 million people who entered United states as immigrant during this period were admitted to the country on the basis of the family ties which they had with people already living in the country, around 13% entered on the basis of their employment skills and around 17% were allowed entry to the United states on the basis of ‘Humanitarian Grounds’. Out of these 14 million people, around 8 million entered US between the period of 2000-2005 and out of them around 4 million people didn't even had any valid paper or proof to enter the country and that happened because back in year 1986, the then president of US, ‘Ronald Reagan’ had signed an immigration reform which gave immunity to around 3 million people to enter the country even if they were not having documents.  

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1. According to the Supreme Court, which of these most likely prompted the arrest of the protesters in Edwards v. South Carolina? link

2. What was the charge of the 1807 indictment by the man who was chosen as vice president on February 17, 1801, by the House of Representatives after thirty-six ballots? link

Answer details:

Grade: High School

Subject: Foreign Policies

Chapter: Immigration

Keywords- India, Mexico, China, Immigration, Immigration in USA, United States, Ronald Reagan, 1986, 2000-2010, Visa

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explanation:

c. free trade can lead to low pay for workers in poorer countries.