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 * __Life Of Immigrants Coming To the U.S.__**

The journey for immigrants start out as a dream, a need to change your life, and a leap of faith. Things aren't as they seem when you first land in America. Reality strikes you and things need to get done. One of the biggest considerations when buying a house or renting an apartment is safety. For immigrants, the cheapest apartments weren't always the safest place to live. To find out the best place to live is by talking to others. They all had to share beds and rooms, and they also to work under very harsh conditions. Discrimination with immigrants was a huge problem. Most people got low paying jobs and could barely provide for their own families. Many people, from different countries, were given terrible looks and called names.

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Immigrants were discriminated against by the Americans who already lived there. They thought they would be stealing jobs and overpopulating the area. Some owners wouldn't even hire someone from a certain country. Everyone discriminates whether they like it or not. The Irish were considered the lowest on the superiority ladder.

Their houses were small crowded spaces. They were shared with other people they have never met before. The conditions were dirty and there was no privacy.

Immigrants also had many hard times. They needed to learn other languages to communicate with people. They tried hard to earn a living and didn't get much for it.

Here is a list of the main sources of European immigration.

Some immigrants had no choice but to come to America. African-American slaves were sold into slavery in America and were forced to immigrate.