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Since the foundation of the country, immigration has been the driving force behind the country. The United States is one of the countries that has received more immigrants in the entire world. These immigrants have assimilated the “American way of life”, but also they have changed their environment, and the American Society. That is the case of the Italian immigrants, one of the strongest immigrant groups in the country. The history of Italian immigration to the United States is a long one, dating from late 1800 to 1940-50. Sources estimate that during 1876 to 1976, nearly 26 million Italians migrated to the U.S. (Cavaioli 215). The number of Italians in the country was so big that they were able to keep their ways of life, and adapt them to the new country where they lived.
However, it is important to note that although necessary, Italian immigration was not always seen with right eyes. For instance, in the 19th century, many proponents of the “Social Darwinism” considered that the Anglo-Saxon race was the fittest. Others such as the Jews; Slavs; Greeks and Italians were inferior (Cavaioli 222). In the same way, their position as Roman Catholics, put Italian immigrants in a rough spot when trying to adapt to a Protestant country such as the United States. In the same way, many of the immigrants who came to the country after World War I were discriminated because the involvemen…