How were people in the past able to come to America with literally no money and survive and thrive and some even starting businesses and becoming wealthy? Is that even possible today?
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It is very difficult for Immigrants today to achieve what Immigrants in the past did, in the past the United States wasn’t as crowded as it is now and the political machines certainly needed votes, thus they used Immigrants as a leeway and offered them lucratives for votes. Those Immigrants such as Irish Immigrants were also able to receive citizenship later on, and that fostered them to climb the social ladder. Some enlisted in the police force and even established their own communities in North-eastern United States, especially in major cities like New York.
Nowadays it is difficult for Immigrants to be poor and achieve wealth, for instance the Immigrants who would leave China and come to the US are more likely to be upper-middle class and are professionals. I met a Chinese Immigrant in 2016 and he had masters in electrical engineering and was renting two units, and these units were managed by a company which would share the profit with him.
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