Why do people immigrate to the US of America?

Answer 1

to have a better life, better econamy,to go to better schools, to start a new life, to experience a new place to meet new people ,to help their families etc this is a good answer so dont delete this

Answer 2

Today, people come to United States for many reasons, the following are some of the reasons that people come:

1. Natural Resources are abundant

2. physical features like plains can provide good farmland.

3. better jobs are provided

4. education is better

5. housing is affordable

6. United States is a place where you can do whatever and say whatever (freedom)

Answer 3

I'm going to assume you mean "come the the US to live", not just come for a holiday visit or on a business trip.

The countries which get a lot of immigrants are the US, Canada, and the European countries (especially the northern European ones). These are all wealthy countries (though with poor people in them) with high standards of educational opportunities.

The US and Europe (though not Canada) border countries and regions which are notably poorer and often less stable than they are. They all have historic ties (invasion, empire, colonies, "manifest destiny", etc) with the countries from which most of their immigrants come. They have populations of immigrants from different countries already there, which can welcome newcomers (the UK, for example, has communities where many people originate from the same village in Pakistan, or the same part of Southern Italy, while Germany has large Turkish communities which provide a home-from-home for new immigrants from Turkey).

There are many reasons why people leave their country of origin to set up home in another. We can divide them into what are called "push factors" and "pull factors".

"Push factors" are the reasons that make someone want to leave their own country to live somewhere else - the things that make them feel pushed out.

Poverty, war, unemployment, personal tragedy, persecution, being involved in a feud, being unpopular politically, being wanted by the police for a crime... these are all things which might inspire someone to leave their country. Sometimes there is almost literally a "push", as some governments prefer the people who oppose them to leave for Another Country, rather than stay in the country and try to change things. This has happened in Cuba, when the government decided to let dissidents escape to Miami rather than try to keep them in Cuba where they might make trouble.

Many immigrants (not only to the US) face problems in their home countries which make them wish to leave.

Then there are "pull" factors. What things encourage people to come to a certain country?

Pull factors include things like whether the person has contacts or family or friends already in the country they are heading towards. It can be lonely and difficult going to live in a new country, so many people aim for places where they already have some community, or know someone who can perhaps help them get started. Just being able to find people who speak your home language is also a pull factor, as they can maybe help you learn how to manage in the new country. Getting reunited with family is a major motive in crossing borders - 2/3rds of legal Immigration to the US is for this reason.

Another pull is work, money, opportunity. This may be a definite offer (many people who cross borders do so to take up a specific job they have been offered), or it may only be a strong possibility that they can find work, or a general feeling that "everyone has jobs there". Employers in the US and some of the European countries have in the past actively recruited workers from other countries to supply cheap and disposable labour. Without migrant Latino fruit pickers in Florida and California not many oranges would reach the supermarkets. The British National Health Service, and old British Rail in their days of expansion were partly staffed by employees recruited in Jamaica, India, Pakistan and elsewhere.

Image may play its part: immigrants may base their ideas about a country's standard of living and job opportunities on nothing more than TV Soap Operas (where everyone is rich and beautiful) and not so much on the realities of the country they are aiming towards.

Another pull may be education. Many countries have very limited educational possibilities for the less wealthy, and immigrants may want to get a better chance to study, or for their children to study, than might be possible at home.

Another pull factor might be social freedoms which are greater in the country of destination than the country of origin. For example there are immigrants in my own country (which is NOTthe USA) who are partly motivated by the fact that unmarried people can get contraception here easily, and that it is not considered shameful, or even particularly noteworthy, to live together before marriage - which is not the case where they come from. Similarly there are countries where homosexuals are more or less persecuted, whereas in others, attitudes are more relaxed.

Finally, ease of getting to a country, closeness of the country to the immigrant's country of origin, historic ties between the country of origin and that of destination, and the country's policies on immigration may all play a part. People are often willing to risk a lot to get out of a bad situation and into a situation which may be better for them and for their families.

Answer 4

because some wanted to be free...some wanted to pay less for taxes etc. etc. etc. theres a lot of reasons actually