They would go to Ellis Island outside of New York.
poor foreign immigrants
south America
According to records in the Library of Congress, if you were an immigrant to the US in 1880, you were most likely English, Irish, or German. Most immigrants at that time were seeking economic betterment.
Decreased wages for immigrants
Some Scottish immigrants to America were forced there as convicted prisoners, but most came seeking an opportunity for a better life, as did most other immigrants to America.
Public schools are most helpful for assimilating recent immigrants into America.
Most immigrants to America now is Mexico and many latin American countries
Pennsylvania
Nigeria.
Texas
america and canada
They would probably have crossed the Atlantic Ocean.