Source: http://img291.imageshack.us/i/sourcesofusimmigration18201995gx4.jpg/

Immigration to the USA between 1820-1995

0

5,000,000

10,000,000

15,000,000

20,000,000

25,000,000

30,000,000

35,000,000

40,000,000

1850 1900 1950 2000

0

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4

6

8

10

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1850 1900 1950 2000

perc

ent

Adaptation to the new place and society

Characteristics and resources of

immigrants

savings,education,

social capital, culture,

nationality, ethnicity, religion,

race, voluntary or forced immigrants,legal or illegal immigrants, etc.

Characteristics and reception of

the place of destination

immigration policy and law,level of discrimination, racism,

culture, economic structure and

opportunities, rural or urban area, micro-social environment, etc.

Cartoon by J.B. Handelsman: Published in The New Yorker April 10, 2006

Source:http://www.kedry.org/photos/view.php?go=20091003_Urozhai&shot=h46.jpg&size=small

Source: http://www65.statcan.gc.ca/acyb05/acyb05-09/acyb05-09_0001-eng.htm