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The Chinese Exclusion act barred chinese laborers from entering the country

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Nativists formed the American Protective Association and congress then tried to limit Immigration

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The first Immigration station was opened at Ellis Island with over 1 million Immigrants entering the country

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U.S immigration increased by over 1.3 million entering the United States in Ellis Island alone

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During this time period many wars were going on and in just the cold war alone the U.S admitted 2 million

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The United States Foreign born population reached 44.8 million people

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In 2017 45% of immigrators were U.S Citizens

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Immigrants are projected to account for 88% of Americas Population in many years to come

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In 2017 during President Trumps time immigration made up about 14% of the United States Population and it preceded to go up even up to 2022

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Roughly 11.2 million immigrants in the United States were from Mexico making it the country with the most immigrants and accounting for 25% of all immigrants during 2017.