Immigration in the United States
The British, who were the first to colonise on larger scale, came for profit and also for religious freedom. English Puritans, Protestants who disagreed with the teaching of the Church of England, established settlements in the north eastern region. When they settled in the New World, many immigrants tried to preserve the traditions, religion, and language of their particular culture. But the American society was predominantly English White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP).
Up until 1880, the overwhelming majority of immigrants, however, came from northern and western Europe. Many left Europe to escape poor harvests, famines and political unrest. Between 1845 and 1860, a serious blight (maladie de la pomme de terre) on the potato crop (récolte) in Ireland sent hundreds of thousands of Irish people to the U.S. to escape starvation. In one year only (1847) 118. 120 Irish people settled in the U.S.
Some groups in favour of tightening immigration restrictions argue that overpopulation is a threat.
Today, the paradox between the myth of the "Open Door"and the reality of xenophobia is striking.

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