America-Nation-of-Immigrants美國移民國家

ANationofImmigrantsTheNativeAmerican1942ChristopherColumbusOpeningOfTheNewSeaRoutetheNewWorldIndiansQuestionFourhundredyearsago,theonlypeopleinAmericawereindigenousnativeAmericans.Howdidallthosewhitepeople,Asians,etc.getthere?Theansweris:They,ortheirancestors,immigratedfromsomewhereelse.TheCompositionofU.SPopulation,2007AmericaisaNationofImmigrants

orDescendantsofImmigrantsFromearly1600stothepresent,42millionimmigrantsenteredtheU.S.LargestmassmigrationinrecordedhistoryTheycamemostlyfromEurope,butalsofromAsiaandMexico,aswellasotherplacesWhydidPeopleCometoAmerica?Famines,war,persecution,lackofjobs,etc.intheirhomecountriesAvailabilityoflandinAmericatostartanewlifeSeekingemploymentandotheropportunitiesFirstImmigrationWave

afterU.S.wasFormed1815–1860FivemillionpeopleenteredtheU.S.CamemostlyfromnorthernEuropeandGreatBritainCropfailuresinEuropeIrishPotatoFamineOverpopulationinNorway1848-1849ThefailureofGermanConfederation'sRevolutionGermanehancethemilitarystrength1820-1870JewswereoppressedinEuropeJewishAmericans

5,000,000NewYorkstate,California,Florida1619-180850thousandAfricansweresoldtotheAmericaasslavesUnwillingImmigrantsChinese,theearliestAsianImmigrants,cametoAmericain17851848TheCaliforniagoldrushChinesecrossedthePacifictobeminersWheretheChineseliveintheU.S.2000OutstandingChinese-AmericanSecondImmigrationWave1880-19179millionpeopleimmigratedCamelargelyfromEasternEuropeandAsia.Mexicanrevolutionin1910causedthousandsofMexicans(Hispanics)

toimmigratetoU.S.Aforseekingjobs.Benefits:IncresethemanpowerUrbanizationCommunicationbetweendistinctracesGlobalizationIllegalImmigrationMexicansarethemainforceHarm:occupytheeducational,medicalresourcesincreasetheriskofbeingattackedbytheterroristsNewPhenomenonsOfChineseI1.ThepopularityofInvestmentImmigrantionProgramMostimmigrantwayisthroghEB-5programinChinaThenumeberofinvestmentimmigrationexceededthelimitaheadoftimethisyear.(toinvest50thousanddollarsatleast,increase10employedchances,makeprofits)GreenCardWHYisCanada,Austrilia,Singaporetightenedthepolicyofinvestmentimmigrationhighsuccessfulrateofinvestmentimmigrationcantakethemoneybackatlest2yearsManyChinesegravidaschosetogivebirthtotheirbabiesinU.S.WHYbeingthecitizensoftheUnitedStateseasierforparentstobethecitizensoftheUnitedStates(family-sponsoredpreferences)Gettingawayfromtheone-childpolicygetmorebenefitsthaninHKIsitaperfectplan?Chinesegovernmentmightnotacknowledgebabies'AmericannationalityMaybecheatedbytheagentPossiblebechargedEndurelong-timetravel,differenteatinghabitFacedhigheducationexpensesinChinainconvenientindailylife3.NakedOfiicialDefinition:officialswhosefamilymembershaveallimmigratedabroadPurpose:oncetheircorruptionwasrevealed,theyescapetoothercountriesCorruptofficalZhangshuguang'svillainU.S.A.Measure:administrativetransparency〔政務(wù)信息透明度〕，issuecodeofethics〔廉政準(zhǔn)那么〕declarepersonalassets〔申報個人財產(chǎn)〕。1.美國親屬移民(IR1、F1、F2A、F2B、F3、F4)2.美國公民配偶移民(CR1)3.美國公民長期居