Italian Immigration Issue Analysis

Italian immigrants were not welcomed with open arms into the land of opportunity. They had to adapt to the new lifestyle without forgetting theirs. Throughout the years, American citizens would be accustomed to having foreigners living in their neighborhoods. The Italian immigrants established communities where they managed to keep la via vecchia alive.

Giving into the demands of upset citizens, different political parties began to campaign with planks in their platforms dedicated to legally destroying immigration. The Austrian Freedom Party, for instance, campaigned to increase the amount of laws that prevent immigration and to make it more difficult for non-Austrians to live and work amongst the Austrian people (Doc 6). By creating a platform to change a country’s laws, it is clear Europeans were so upset with immigration that they wanted to make fundamental changes in their governments’ policies. People were unhappy with how their society was transforming and they wanted to put official rules in place that would allow Europe to return to its former state. Enoch Powell, a member of the Conservative Party, brought this common desire to light by explaining that people did not want to live in a country filled with immigrants, so action needed to be taken in order to curb the high immigration levels (Doc 2). The fact that many Europeans wanted politicians to take a stand against immigration shows how upset people were with the rising numbers of immigration, which became roughly 500,000 immigrants per year. By involving the government, European citizens were able to project their anti-immigration sentiment into the rest of the continent. Involving politicians and political parties shows how adament some Europeans were about keeping foreigners out of

Immigrants into Italy and the United States have more in common than one might think. Both are fleeing poverty, both have been excluded from full citizenship for political reasons and both experience very similar lives because of that exclusion. The struggle for citizenship is an inherent struggle of the modern UFW. The lack of a working immigration system has put the UFW in the situation it is in today, and meaningful immigration reform will directly benefit the union going into the future. Real families in both the United States and Italy are experiencing the effects of a broken immigration system. This is an issue that needs to be addressed.

Today New York City is home to over 3 million Italian Americans. When the Italian immigrants first came to America many settled in downtown Manhattan, in an area that came to be known as Little Italy. Living conditions in Little Italy were terrible. Large families were forced to live in tiny tenement apartments with sometimes up to five or six family members sharing a tiny bedroom. When the immigrants were able to save up enough money many moved their families to Staten Island where it was more rural and land was relatively inexpensive. Phyllis Lamattina, a longtime resident of the Roosebank area, has the knowledge of the Italian immigrants’ relationship to St. Joseph by Rosebank Church and how important the values of family was to the immigrants. In this interview. Ms. Lamattina, shares a brief oral history of her family and tells of this importance of family and church to the Italian immigrants.

The U.S found itself confronted to new challenges that they didn’t think of before. This new challenges led to a shift of American attitudes towards immigration. This was due to the high influx of the immigrants coming from Europe and of the liberal paradox related to immigration (Tichenor 2002, 51). The United States found itself caught between two stools where immigration benefited the economy but the on the other side its obligation to set limits regarding social and publics welfare available to the new wave of immigrants.

As the first day of man began, there has been immigration of man throughout this great country of America. Many immigrants came for a better way of life for themselves as well as their family. Some stayed where others went back to their nation of origin, yet they all made an impact on us today as Americans.

Pasquali Fedo was my second interview. He is Italian great grandfather of a good friend of mine. When he came to this country, his last name changed from Fida, to Fedo. I diddn’t ask, but I think he might have changed it because he wasn’t proud of the name he was born with. Pasquali came to this country “to escape the bad parts of the family, who had done the family name in justice” Pasquali likes the USA because of the freedom. he likes the freedom to speak, the freedom to write, and just more freedom without fear. What he told me that he misses most about Italy, is the wine. Fedo says that it is more pure there. What he likes most about the United States is the government, he says it helps everyone, and he is very proud of it. In fact, he is very proud of this country all together, when I asked him what he dislikes, he could not tell me. What he said is “Nothing! This country loves one another” what Pasquala said to my question “What advice would you give to others who are coming to the USA, either from your own country or from other countries?” he replied: “do not bring your country with you, and never quit”

Martin describes a country that is supposed to welcome immigrants with open arms and how the United States has now closed its front door on immigrants. Overall, Martin seems to be pro-immigration. The paper was informative and provided insight on the stalled construction of policy.

Many Italians made the United States their home, but getting to the Land of the Free was not easy for them. Many things made the Italians move from their country, and many things brought them to the United States. They faced many hardships while in the country. They all managed to find work in different areas, and in different time periods. They also left important legacies.

Since it declared independence from Great Britain in 1776, the United States has been called a land of opportunity for immigrants. Predating the founding of the nation itself, Italians have been drawn to the new world. Starting in 1492 with Christopher Columbus, and even leading up to the American Civil War, Italians have come to this country in search of a new life. However, it was not until the 20th century that Italians, similar to other Europeans and Asians, began to arrive in the United States in waves, and social impact the nation. After the Italians had left economically unstable and famine-ridden Italy, they arrived in America hoping to find a prosperous land. Yet, their idea of life in America got derailed by the way people socially

Immigration has been in motion from as far back as the 16th and 17th century. As a country that was established due to immigration and the pursuit of freedom, it comes to no surprise that many people from around the world fled to the United States. However, a substantial amount of Italians did not start immigrating to America until the late 1870’s to 1924. More than 4 million Italians left Southern Italy and Sicily due to poverty and political hardships. On top of that, the belief of a better life in America was a large motivation and the dream that they can return to their motherland with more wealth, drove them to explore outside of their country. In today’s modern society, Italian-Americans make America’s fifth largest ethnic group. In spite

A stereotype is assuming that a certain group is automatically accustomed to certain behaviors or looks based on their culture and or characteristics. Italians face many stereotypes such as speaking too loud, using their hands to speak, and eating too much pasta. Although Italians face many different stereotypes, I am going to focus on Italians all being involved in the mafia.

Usually, the experiences of immigrants can vary or be quite similar, depending on various push and pull factors. In the case of Irish immigrants, they were faced with agricultural problems as well as poverty, factors like these pushed the immigrants out of their home country. Similarly, Italian immigrants were faced with the same push factors. They faced agricultural and economic complications, they also were pushed away by the unreasonable taxes and government corruption. In regards to push factors both groups of immigrants were forced out of their home country due to the unfortunate conditions they lived under. The major pull factor that drove these two ethnic groups out of their country was the belief that the United States was a land of

Even though many Italians emigrated to Argentina during the period of the 1870s about 4 million Italians emigrated to the United States, this emigration process stopped at the start of World War I in 1914 and for further immigration the United State congress passed restrictive laws. About 84% of this Italian immigrants came for South Italy (Sicily) the largest agricultural region were there was an agricultural depression and taxes were really high.

Immigration began late for the Italian population. With the main period of immigration coming in the late 19th century, Italians were already several steps behind the Irish, German, and French immigrants (Nelli 38). This proved to be detrimental to the Italians as the previous immigrants had already stitched themselves to the flag producing a resolute hatred for incoming immigrants, one of which was Salvatore Rossi. Having fled Italy in 1897 due to economic hardship, he pursued the “American Dream” in New York, by obtaining an education and landing an uncommon job within the U.S. Government. Italian immigrants in this period of time suffered extreme racial prejudice and experienced numerous obstacles in their process of immigration and