https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_immigration_to_the_Americas
European immigration to the Americas was one of the largest migratory movements in human history. Between the years 1492 and 1930, more than 60 million Europeans immigrated to the American continent.Between 1492 and 1820, approximately 2.6 million Europeans immigrated to the Americas, of whom just under 50% were British, 40% were Spanish or Portuguese, 6% were Swiss or German, and 5% were French.

https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/european-migrations-american-colonies-1492-1820
Between 1492 and 1820, approximately 2.6 million Europeans immigrated to the Americas (compared to at least 8.8 million enslaved Africans). Across the period, slightly less than half of all migrants were British, 40 percent were Spanish and Portuguese, 6 percent were from Swiss and German states, and 5 percent were French.

https://www.worldhistory.org/European_Colonization_of_the_Americas/
European colonization of the region is therefore cited as beginning with Christopher Columbus (l. 1451-1506) whose voyages to the West Indies, Central and South America, and other islands of the Caribbean between 1492-1504 introduced the so-called New World to European interests. Columbus was not attempting to discover the Americas but was seeking a new maritime route to Asia after the closure

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_colonization_of_the_Americas
European colonizationof the Americas. During the Age of Discovery, a large scale colonization of the Americas, involving a number of European countries, took place primarily between the late 15th century and the early 19th century. The Norse had explored and colonized areas of Europe and the North Atlantic, colonizing Greenland and creating a

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_immigration_to_the_United_States
From 1941 to 1950, 1,035,000 people immigrated to the U.S., including 226,000 from Germany, 139,000 from the United Kingdom, 171,000 from Canada, 60,000 from Mexico, and 57,000 from Italy. [76] The Displaced Persons Act of 1948 finally allowed the displaced people of World War II to start immigrating. [77]

https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/European_Colonization_of_the_Americas
Eventually, the entire Western Hemisphere would come under the domination of European nations, leading to profound changes to its landscape, population, and plant and animal life. In the nineteenth century alone over 50 million people left Europe for the Americas. The post-1492 era is known as the period of the Columbian Exchange.

https://openstax.org/books/world-history-volume-2/pages/6-1-european-colonization-in-the-americas
The Impact of Spanish Colonization. For insights into Spanish colonization, consider the two following primary sources, the first written by Christopher Columbus in 1492, and the second by Bartolomé de las Casas, a Spanish priest, looking back in 1542 after approximately forty years of experience in Spanish America. Thursday, October 11.

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/European_immigration_to_the_Americas
European immigration to the Americas was one of the largest migratory movements in human history. Between the years 1492 and 1930, more than 60 million Europeans immigrated to the American continent. Between 1492 and 1820, approximately 2.6 million Europeans immigrated to the Americas, of whom just under 50% were British, 40% were Spanish or Portuguese, 6% were Swiss or German, and 5% were French.

https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/u-s-immigration-before-1965
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. Immigration plummeted during the global depression of the 1930s and World War II (1939-1945). Between 1930 and 1950, America's foreign-born

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/topics/european-colonization-north-america/
European colonization of North America expanded through Spanish colonists establishing themselves in present-day Florida in the 1500s and English colonists doing so farther up the East Coast in the 1600s. North America's Indigenous peoples preserved their cultures and dignity through this period, despite facing violent dispossession by the colonists; enslaved Africans did as well, amid the

https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/early-exploration-of-the-Americas/543490
The first Europeans did not arrive in the Americas until many thousands of years later. By that time, Indigenous peoples had explored and settled all portions of the "New World." Early European Explorers. It is not known for certain when the first Europeans reached the Americas. Legends tell of early visitors from Ireland and Wales.

https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/colonization-of-the-Americas/272832
The first European countries to begin colonizing the Americas were Spain and Portugal. Spain claimed and settled Mexico, most of Central and South America, several islands in the Caribbean, and what are now Florida, California, and the Southwest region of the United States. Portugal gained control of Brazil.

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/the-early-republic/politics-society-early-19th-c/a/irish-and-german-immigration
Irish immigration. From the 1820s to the 1840s, approximately 90 percent of immigrants to the United States came from Ireland, England, or Germany. Among these groups, the Irish were by far the largest. In the 1820s, nearly 60,000 Irish immigrated to the United States. In the 1830s, the number grew to 235,000, and in the 1840s—due to a potato

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/why-did-europe-colonize-america.html
Colonialism is commonly described as a practice of gaining economic and political control over another country. Vikings are considered to be the first Europeans that formed colonies in the Americas. The main reasons for the colonization of the Americas are political, economic, religious, and social. To colonize means to dominate, to exhibit power.

https://whyy.org/segments/did-european-immigrants-come-to-the-u-s-the-right-way/
Following that conflict, groups that wanted to limit immigration from Europe to the United States got their way. In the early 1920s, the U.S. passed a series of laws creating quotas — culminating in the Johnson Reed Act of 1924. The open door had closed to the point of admitting a limited number of immigrants — first come, first served.

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/european-immigrants-united-states-2022
Europeans comprised 10 percent, or slightly more than 4.7 million, of the 46.2 million immigrants living in the United States in 2022, according to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau data. Europeans represent the third-largest region-origin immigrant group after those from the Americas (52 percent) and Asia (31 percent).

https://www.gedmatch.com/blog/a-historical-overview-of-european-immigration-to-the-united-states/
The period between 1880 and 1920 is often referred to as the era of mass immigration, as millions of people left Europe for America in search of a better life. During this period, Ellis Island became the premier gateway for immigrants entering the United States, it processed approximately 500,000 people a year. By 1907, that had increased to 1.25 million.

https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/rise-of-industrial-america-1876-1900/immigration-to-united-states-1851-1900/
With the onset of hard economic times in the 1870s, European immigrants and Americans began to compete for the jobs traditionally reserved for the Chinese. With economic competition came dislike and even racial suspicion and hatred. Such feelings were accompanied by anti-Chinese riots and pressure, especially in California, for the exclusion of

https://oxfordre.com/americanhistory/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199329175.001.0001/acrefore-9780199329175-e-72
Summary. Post-1945 immigration to the United States differed fairly dramatically from America's earlier 20th- and 19th-century immigration patterns, most notably in the dramatic rise in numbers of immigrants from Asia. Beginning in the late 19th century, the U.S. government took steps to bar immigration from Asia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS6YzGKySTg
How did Europeans immigrate to the Americas? | Past to FutureThis video presents the European exploration and colonization of the Americas.In 1492, while on

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/european-immigrants-united-states-2016
Following the end of communism in the 1990s, European arrivals slightly increased, but the population has more recently begun to shrink again. In 2016, about 4.8 million Europeans lived in the United States, accounting for 11 percent of the roughly 44 million U.S. immigrants—down from 75 percent in 1960.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/30/early-20th-century-anti-immigrant-laws-fueled-by-fears-migrants-were-turning-cities-into-foreign-colonies/
In 1939, after the Great Depression left millions of Americans unemployed and destitute and with a war that would devastate Europe looming, the paper voiced opposition to a plan to admit 20,000

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/interactive/2024/us-immigration-where-migrants-live/
Court filings show the newest immigrants are settling across rural and urban America. They and other arrivals have pushed the share of the U.S. population that is foreign-born to nearly 14 percent

https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/dhs-identifies-400-migrants-brought-us-isis-linked-human-smuggling-rcna158777
The Department of Homeland Security has identified over 400 immigrants from Central Asia and elsewhere who crossed into the U.S. in the past three years as "subjects of concern" because they

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-criticized-palestinian-insult-debate-with-biden-2024-06-28/
Human rights advocates on Friday condemned former President Donald Trump's references to Palestinians, and immigrants allegedly taking Black American jobs, during Thursday's debate with President

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/world/europe/biden-trump-debate-europe.html
Across Asia and Europe, the event stoked concerns about American stability, both domestically and on crucial foreign policy issues like Washington's commitment to alliances.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_European_colonization_of_North_America
1491: Columbus sets sail aboard the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria. 1492: Columbus reaches the Bahamas, [5] Cuba and Hispaniola. 1492: La Navidad is established on the island of Hispaniola; it was destroyed by the following year. 1493: The colony of La Isabela is established on the island of Hispaniola. [6]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/us/politics/black-job-trump-immigration.html
Immigrants have made up an increasingly large portion of the American labor force in recent years, but economic experts say their presence has been healthy for the nation's economy.

https://apnews.com/article/trumpblackjobsdebatebiden-7c520492a34fa902028ed4537d48cdb0
But the poll also found that about 3 in 10 Black adults think it's a major benefit that immigrants will take jobs that Americans don't want. In some communities like Chicago, an increased number of migrants has generated greater economic anxiety and concern that government resources are not allocated fairly .

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/28/politics/election-biden-presidential-race-what-matters/index.html
Joe Biden's spotty debate performance immediately triggered new questions from worried Democrats about whether he would leave the presidential race.