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Overcrowding And Discrimination For Immigrants

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Immigrants back in the day were told to be lazy, drunks, and murders. Back then, Americans were afraid of immigrants because of war, the Americans believed that immigrants were there to kill them or spy on them. Although, the immigrants only wanted to come to the “land of the free” where we had a better economy, more space, and more jobs. The immigrants only wanted to get away from controlling governments, overcrowding, and discrimination. Immigrants wanted to come here because of what we had, Americans then thought immigrants were going to take their jobs and nativism because a part of the lifestyle. Once the Americans had realized that the immigrants were helping the US, they began favoring them. as for the job dispute, the Americans had

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