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What is Immigration?
Immigration is the influx of people to a country or region which is different from their country of birth. In the United States, immigration has been a basic part of life at least since the settlement of Jamestown in 1607 and remains part of American life today. One of the truisms of U.S. history, then, would seem to be that all Americans are immigrants or the descendants of immigrants.
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People waiting near the Tijuana - San Ysidro border for an opportunity to cross illegally into the United States
People wait for nightfall to cross illegally into the United States
Volunteers for the Samaritans go out in the field to find illegal immigrants who might need medical care.
Undocumented Immigrants Cross Into The United States From Mexico,
A US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) border patrol officer next to the US-Mexico border fence looks for illegal immigrants on October 7, 2006 in Calexico, California
Thousands of immigrants and their supporters gathered on the National Mall in Washington DC on March 21, 2010 to urge Congress and the White House to overhaul the immigration system and provide a better path to American citizenship.
A group of people use an inner tube to float down the New River, reportedly the most polluted river in the US, after crossing the US/Mexico border from Mexico on March 25, 2005 in Calexico, California.
A United States Border Patrol agent, using night vision equipment, finds illegal immigrants hiding a field near Calexico, Ca., March 18, 2000
An official south-facing sign cautions north-bound illegal immigrants of dangers in the desert trek adding that it is not worth the risk, along the US-Mexico border where no fence divides the two nations near the Imperial Dunes on October 8, 2006 west of Winterhaven, California.
