Top 5 Facts About Immigrants You Won’t See in Conservative Media

4. A higher percentage of the U.S. population was foreign born 100 years ago

Although immigration has been rising steadily since 1970, as a percentage of the population, it is lower than it was in the years leading up to 1920. Americans at that time also were worried about immigration, especially since a lot of the immigrants were coming from eastern and southern Europe. They worried about language barriers, unemployment and strain on the country. The new immigrants were seen as inferior by native born Americans, but that all seemed to work out ultimately.