Immigration in the 1800s was huge there were tons of immigrants comming every day. 70% of all immigrants came through New York City also known as the "Golden Door". Many immigrants wanted to move to communities were there homestead was. As soon as they settled in the started looking for jobs. There were never enough so Americans took advantage of immigrants and got work done for cheap . The workers were often physivally and verbaly abused just cause they were different. The immigrants helped build America believe it or not but they did because they showed diversity, unit, and how strong our nation is.