History of Immigration in America Ethnic, cultural, and religious of immigrants in differences from both late nineteenth and prior to late twentieth century led to widespread assertions of the whole nation that it had made a new America. “Can We Still Afford to be a Nation of Immigration”, by David Kennedy, divides two greatest immigrants came to the United States. The author examines two historical migratory waves both in positive and negative consequences effected to the nation. America is the land of opportunities and freedom, where people come and work, seek for new better life. In either negative or positive results caused by immigrants in our economy and social culture, this country still be able to continue supporting new migrants and it will remains as the nation of immigrants. Through-out nineteenth century, mass urban and rural immigrants came from many different countries in different social culture and religious. After the first World War, population growth in Europe shipped million people out of the continent, that “population boom was the indispensable precondition for Europe to export people on the scale”. Especially by the late of this period, there were at least half of 70 millions “had left Europe” migrated to the United States. They made a huge impact to the nation and made American changed drastically and permanently. There were Italians, Jews, as well as many others from Northern and Eastern Europe. They carry with them the America Dream, in which they hoped to find a fresh start in the unknown country. Another shift of migrants was by the impact of the Industry Revolution in America. The Industrial Revolution dramatically changed every aspect of human life and lifestyles. It demanded a huge amount of labors and brings more jobs opportunities to the people, which attract new immigrants. These European immigrants came in large numbers but typically poorer and less educated than the typical American. Their social culture, religious, and political policy are different to America. Until 1845, America had quite small minority of Catholics, but after the migration waves, Catholics from various countries had settled in the new land. Migrated Europeans “distributed themselves over an enormous geographic region” and contributed heavily to the growth of America industry. The America we see today have a concreted foundation which was built from early migrants. While Europeans remarkably recognized the majority of migrants by the period of late nineteenth century. Later migrants in late twentieth were “has been replaced by new sources in Latin America and Asia”. They are from Mexico, Philippines, China, Vietnam, Korean, India, and the Dominican Republic. Population growth and industrialization are still “convulsive demographic and economic disruptions that made migrants” attracted to the land of opportunity and freedom. In addition, “family reunification” legislation in 1965 made it less restrictive for people who wanted to migrate to the United States while earlier migrants had to left their families and relatives home when seeking new life. The legislation was “under the terms of which a significant portion of current immigrants are admitted not as workers but as the spouses, children, parents, and siblings of citizens or legally resident aliens”. The question for present-day immigration is that if it would change or bring any negative consequences to economy, social culture, or even current government system. Hispanic migrants should raise this big concern since “Mexico, by far the leading supplier of immigrants to the United States”. It is no harm when migrants came from multiple sources because it is what America is, a nation of immigrants. However, when the stream mostly came from one source of a particular country, it will be different. It will harm our culture, public order, the way we live, and the way we do business. It is never enough to worry that “they will have sufficient coherence and critical mass in a defined region so that, if they choose, they can preserve their distinctive culture indefinitely”. Immigrants in the past and present may have difference in afford to contribute to America industry since demand had changed over time. However, the lesson we have learned so far is that, this country was sharped by migrants and it still is. America will continue growth and we will still demand and attract the strong willing unskilled laborers for many years to come.