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Road MapRoad MapEconomiEconomicc

PoliticalPolitical CulturalCultural

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A Country of ImmigrantsA Country of Immigrants

““It is generally agreed that [humans It is generally agreed that [humans first came to the Americas] from first came to the Americas] from eastern Asia in one or more eastern Asia in one or more migrations, crossing a land bridge migrations, crossing a land bridge that from time to time during the Ice that from time to time during the Ice Age connected Siberia to Alaska.”Age connected Siberia to Alaska.”

– Readers Companion to American HistoryReaders Companion to American History

Economic MigrantsEconomic Migrants

““[S]mall hunting bands from Asia, [S]mall hunting bands from Asia, pursuing migrating herds of Ice Age pursuing migrating herds of Ice Age mega-fauna across Beringia or along mega-fauna across Beringia or along its coasts, could have reached its coasts, could have reached Alaska…. [P]eople…lived essentially Alaska…. [P]eople…lived essentially by hunting mammoths, mastodons, by hunting mammoths, mastodons, outsized bison, and other now-extinct outsized bison, and other now-extinct animals….”animals….”

– Readers Companion to American HistoryReaders Companion to American History

Economic Migration -- Economic Migration -- Wooly MammothWooly Mammoth

Economic Migration -- Economic Migration -- MastodonMastodon

Political & Cultural Political & Cultural MigrantsMigrants

““Among the early Pilgrims was a group of Among the early Pilgrims was a group of Separatists,Separatists, members of a radical members of a radical religious movement that broke from the religious movement that broke from the Church of England during the 16Church of England during the 16thth and and 1717thth centuries. In 1606 William centuries. In 1606 William Brewster led a group to [the Brewster led a group to [the Netherlands]…to escape religious Netherlands]…to escape religious persecution…. [T]hese persecution…. [T]hese SeparatistsSeparatists……left…for America on the Mayflower.”left…for America on the Mayflower.”

- MSN Encarta- MSN Encarta

Immigration & Population Immigration & Population of U.S. of U.S. (Douglas Ubelaker (Douglas Ubelaker estimates)estimates)

15001500 16501650 18001800

Amer IndAmer Ind 1,002,001,002,0000

379,000379,000 178,000178,000

Euro Euro AmerAmer

58,00058,000 4,763,004,763,0000

Afric Afric AmerAmer

1,6001,600 1,002,001,002,0000

Source: Source: www.willisms.com/archives/2005/09/index.htmlwww.willisms.com/archives/2005/09/index.html

Source: Source: http://www.jaha.org/edu/discovery_center/push-pull/chart_w_events.http://www.jaha.org/edu/discovery_center/push-pull/chart_w_events.htmlhtml

Immigration to U.S. by Region of Origin, 1821-2000Immigration to U.S. by Region of Origin, 1821-2000 Source:http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?Source:http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=6019&sequence=0index=6019&sequence=0

Ethnicity of 2008 UCI Ethnicity of 2008 UCI Freshmen Class Freshmen Class (UCI Admissions (UCI Admissions Office)Office)

EthnicityEthnicity      PercentPercent     Asian/Asian American 55.3%Asian/Asian American 55.3%Caucasian (includes Middle Eastern) 21.7%Caucasian (includes Middle Eastern) 21.7%Mexican American 11.5% Mexican American 11.5%

Spanish American 3.6%Spanish American 3.6%No response or Unknown 3.5%No response or Unknown 3.5%African American 2.0%African American 2.0%Other 2.2%Other 2.2%American Indian <1%American Indian <1%

RemittancesRemittances

A “remittance” is usually defined A “remittance” is usually defined as money sent from one place or as money sent from one place or person to another. A remittance person to another. A remittance economy is one dependent on such economy is one dependent on such money transfers, often from a money transfers, often from a family member abroad to relatives family member abroad to relatives back home.back home.

There are also political and cultural There are also political and cultural remittances.remittances.

Economic Economic RemittancRemittance Forme Form

Economic Remittance Economic Remittance FlowsFlows

Investment, Aid, Investment, Aid, RemittancesRemittances