One thing that surprised me while learning about immigration is that millions of people immigrated to the U.S in a short period of time - in the 2000's there have been about 10,300,000 immigrants. I always knew there were several people - but I didn't really expect there to be that many. Something I want to know about immigration is, why is (or was) the process to get into the U.S so difficult and even disturbing? Although they have to make sure everyone is eligible to get into the U.S, I don't think they had to go to certain extremes. Something I found out that I didn't know before is how long it actually takes to get to the U.S. It takes weeks and weeks to travel from whatever country you're coming from, get through Ellis/Angel Island, and finally arrive in the U.S. Overall, I think immigration is a very difficult process, which I didn't really realize before.
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