immigration

     Immigration and the number of immigrants in the United states of America have always been on the minds of American citzens right from the progressive era till present . Many seem to forget  that it was the cheap labour of immigrants and minorites that help kickstart the industrial revoulation in United States of America .  It was a time when the nation was shifting from its dependence on the agrarian society , which consisted of small scale productions   to a more urban society dominated by industrial corporations who could produce twice  the amount produced by agrarian society in half the time . This shift  was otherwise  know as the industrial revolution  of the United States and it was made possible by about 5 million  immigrants who had come to the United states of America in search for a better life .They flooded urban areas in search of livelihood , most times taking underpaying jobs in factories or wherever they could . Since this was the period of development in  the west , big businesses and corporations took advantage of the influx of immigrants and began to hire them to  help the United States of America actualize her visions of industrial revolution . They  had ample numbers  of immigrant who were  both able and more so willing to work  , this in turn created a supply of workers much more than the demand for them , thereby reducing the price of labour drastically .The effects of having such cheap labour on the economy in the United States Americas was unprecedented ,  as the United States seemed to be eating its cake and also having it , because not only were these immigrants  transforming the Nation's economy by  working in factories that aided the industrial revolution

They worked on the continetal rail roads , something that forever revolutionalised the trade in Ameria

Today peoples views on immigration have yet to shift as the likes of Donald Trump and Ann coulter have instigated the fear that these immigrants are taking away jobs rightful meant for American citizens . Immigration and issues surrounding immigrants helped in one way or the other either prompt social change or reshape the social dynamic in American but till this present day , a negative stigma is attached to these group in America