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5 unusual facts about Immigration to the United States


Bartholomew J. Eustace

Bartholomew Eustace was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to Bartholomew Ambrose and Elizabeth (née Nolan) Eustace, who were Irish immigrants.

Campbell P. White

He immigrated to the United States in 1816 and engaged in mercantile pursuits in New York City.

Cultural history of the United States

Various immigrant groups have been at play in the formation of the nation's culture.

Norton Mezvinsky

Norton Mezvinsky specializes in U.S. history between 1877 and 1920, U.S. immigration history, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the history of Judaism, and terrorism in the post-modern world.

Paul Schwegler

Paul Anthony Schwegler, born May 22, 1907 to immigrant parents from Germany and Russian Poland, was an American football defensive tackle.


Alexander F. Mathews

He chartered the International Real Estate Society, a corporation of Swiss and West Virginian industrialists that transitioned European immigrants seeking jobs in the burgeoning West Virginia coal mining industry.

Commuter worker

The United States Congress has not authorized commuting, but the Supreme Court ruled in the 1970s that the immigration process can be used by Mexicans to obtain jobs in the United States while maintaining residences in Mexico.

Einar Hoidale

Born in Tromsø, Norway, he immigrated to the United States at the age of seven.

History of St. Cloud Hospital

In 1852, several Catholic nuns of the Order of St. Benedict immigrated to America from a convent in Eichstätt, Germany.

Joseph Cryan

Cryan was born on September 1, 1961, in East Orange, the son of John Cryan, an immigrant to the United States from County Roscommon, Ireland, who would later be elected to the General Assembly and served as Sheriff of Essex County.

Patrick O'Boyle

Patrick O'Boyle was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Michael and Mary (née Muldoon) O'Boyle, who were Irish immigrants.

Tracey Chang

She was one of two Miss USA 2009 contestants born outside the United States; the other was Laura Chukanov of Utah.


see also

Algerian American

The diversity lottery is conducted under the terms of Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 and makes available 50,000 permanent resident visas annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.

Korean immigration to Hawaii

On January 13, 2003, George W. Bush made a special proclamation honoring the Centennial of Korean Immigration to the United States, recognizing the contributions of Korean Americans to the nation.