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02.04 COMING TO AMERICA

WHAT IMMIGRANTS CAN EXPECT IMMEDIATELY UPON ARRIVAL:

IMMIGRANTS CAN EXPECT A BRIEF INTERVIEW FROM OFFICIALS [ABOUT THEIR BACKGROUNDS]. *A.K.A - A BACKGROUND CHECK [RUN BY OFFICIALS]

*IMMIGRANTS CAN ALSO EXPECT TO BE CHECKED FOR ANY TYPE OF DISEASE [THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE CARRIED THROUGHOUT THE JOURNEY]

HOME COUNTRY FOR WHICH I AM WRITING THE GUIDE:

WHERE IMMIGRANTS FROM IRELAND ARE MOST LIKELY TO SETTLE:

IRELAND

TYPES OF JOBS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE FROM IRELAND:

WHAT IMMIGRANTS CAN EXPECT THEIR JOURNEY TO BE LIKE:

^

INVOLVE:

WORKING IN CONSTRUCTION

WORKING AS SERVANTS

WORKING IN FACTORIES/INDUSTRIES

WORKING IN STEEL MILLS

WORKING IN COAL MINES

ETC...

SOURCE: Http://www.yale.edu/ynhtI/currIculum/unIts/1990/5/90.05.07.x.html

NEIGHBORHOODS [IN URBAN CENTERS]

^ WHERE IMMIGRANTS FROM THEIR HOME COUNTRY [IRELAND] LIVE

*THEY DO THIS FOR TWO MAIN REASONS:

1. SO THAT THEY COULD KEEP SOME OF THEIR CUSTOMS [AND TRADITIONS]

2. SO THAT THEY MAY LOOK FOR SUPPORT FROM THEIR COMMUNITY

IMMIGRANTS CAN EXPECT A DIFFICULT - TIRESOME - LONG - EXHAUSTING JOURNEY

*And yes - IMMIGRANTS CAN EXPECT TRAVELING IN DIRTY - CRAMPED QUARTERS AS WELL

*IMMIGRANTS SHOULD PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR THIS JOURNEY - FOR IT IS ONE THAT THEY WILL NEVER FORGET

HOW LIFE WOULD BE LIKE ONCE THE IMMIGRANTS ARE SETTLED IN THE UNITED STATES:

HARD - DIFFICULT - A STRUGGLE

NOT TO WORRY THOUGH - FOR IMMIGRANTS WILL ADAPT TO THE AMERICAN LIFESTYLE

*IRELAND HAPPENS TO BE LOCATED IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

^ THUS - THOSE WHO IMMIGRATE FROM IRELAND COME FROM THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

IT WAS UNTIL 1965 - THAT THE NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS ALLOWED [FROM A SPECIFIC TYPE OF COUNTRY] WAS DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF PRESENT U.S. RESIDENTS FROM THAT COUNTRY

AFTER 1965 - THE U.S. IMMIGRATION SYSTEM CHANGED TO A SYSTEM WHICH ALLOWED OVER 170000 IMMIGRANTS [PER YEAR] FOR COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

COUNTRIES WITHIN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE - HOWEVER - WERE RESTRICTED TO 120000 <---- TALK ABOUT UNFAIR >.>

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