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The United States, a multicultural "melting pot", is as populous and powerful as it is today due to successful long-term, regular immigration. The first major wave of immigration came in the mid-19th century and was comprised primarily of Germans and Irish. By the turn of the century, Eastern and Southern Europeans had become the largest immigrant groups and for the past 20 years, the majority have been Mexican and Asian. Regardless of their origin, poverty, war, famine, and/or political repression caused these major groups to come to US in hopes of achieving the "American Dream." All have had... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

USA. El Paso. 2011. The separation wall along the US-Mexican... 

Jim Goldberg 2011

USA. May 16, 2011. The US/Mexican border near El Paso. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

USA. El Paso, Texas. 2011. A patched up fence along the U.S.-Mexican... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

USA. El Paso. 2011. The separation fence along the US-Mexican... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

USA. El Paso. 2011. The separation fence along the US-Mexican... 

Larry Towell 2006

USA. Calexico, California. 2006. US-Mexico border between the... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

USA/Mexico. 2011. A child on the Mexican side of the border fence... 

Larry Towell 2006

USA. San Diego, California. 2006. Border State Park. At the Pacific... 

Larry Towell 2006

USA. San Diego, California. 2006. Border Field State Park. At... 

Larry Towell 2006

MEXICO. Tijuana. 2006. Mexican resentment runs high in the border... 

Susan Meiselas 2011

USA. Del Rio, Texas. 2011. Fence at US/Mexican border.

Jerome Sessini 2011

USA. EL PASO. December 5, 2011.
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Jim Goldberg 2011

USA. May 16, 2011. In the US/Mexico border region near El Paso.... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

USA. El Paso, Texas. 2011. Two men who attempted to enter the... 

Larry Towell 2006

MEXICO. Tijuana. 2006. Mexican resentment runs high in the border... 

Larry Towell 2006

USA. Holtville, California. 2006. A potter's field. Driven eastward... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

USA. El Paso, Texas. 2011. Along the U.S.-Mexican border near... 

Larry Towell 2006

USA. San Diego, California. 2006. Smuggler's Gulch. The spot-lit... 

Larry Towell 2006

USA. California. 2006. Near Boulevard. The wall, in densely populated... 

Larry Towell 2006

USA. San Diego, California. 2006. US National Guard survey infrastructure.... 

Matt Black 2015

USA. McAllen, Texas. 2015. Jumping the border fence. 

Matt Black 2015

USA. McAllen, Texas. 2015. A family from Honduras detained at... 

Jim Goldberg 2011

USA. May 16, 2011. In the US/Mexico border region near El Paso.... 

Peter van Agtmael 2012

USA. Arizona. 2012. David Lowell, a rancher and mineral explorer,... 

Peter van Agtmael 2012

USA. Arizona. 2012. Pat Murphree surveys the garbage left by... 

Jim Goldberg 2011

USA. New Mexico. May 16, 2011. A truck with a FLIR camera (forward... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

USA. El Paso. 2011. Long lines of Mexicans wait in the early... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

USA. El Paso. 2011. Drivers being checked while crossing into... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

USA. El Paso, Texas. 2011. Driver being checked while entering... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

USA. El Paso, Texas. 2011. Driver being checked while entering... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

USA. El Paso, Texas. 2011. Driver being checked while entering... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

USA. El Paso. 2011. Long lines of Mexicans wait in the early... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

USA. El Paso. 2011. Long lines of Mexicans wait in the early... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

USA. El Paso. 2011. Minors held in detention for having illegaly... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

USA. El Paso. 2011. Minors held in detention for having illegaly... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

USA. El Paso. 2011. Minors held in detention for having illegaly... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

USA. El Paso. 2011. Minors held in detention for having illegaly... 

Alec Soth 2011

USA. San Antonio, Texas. 2011. Shukria DIUAN an 85-year-old Christian... 

Carolyn Drake 2013

USA, Asbury, Alabama. 2013. Guatemalan migrant Eliberto Gonzalez... 

Alessandra Sanguinetti 2008

USA. Los Angeles, California. October 2008. Raul AORVE at a hunger... 

Alessandra Sanguinetti 2008

USA. Los Angeles, Ca. October, 2008. Eduardo CARREON in Sra Sepulvedas... 

Alessandra Sanguinetti 2008

USA. Los Angeles, Ca. October, 2008. Mario MURILLO, 22 years... 

Peter van Agtmael 2011

USA. Marion, Alabama. 2011. Migrant workers staying at a hotel... 

Jim Goldberg 2012

USA. Rochester, New York. 2012 

Jonas Bendiksen 2013

USA. 2013. New york.

Chien-Chi Chang 2014

USA. NYC. 2014. Chinese immigrants in Chinatown. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2012

USA. Rochester, NY. 2012. Immigrants at the table. 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Portland, Oregon. 2015. A housing project largely composed... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Portland, Oregon. 2015. Two young Iraq refugees at a low... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2015

USA. Aurora, Illinois. 2015. Azizeh video chats with relatives... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Aurora, Illinois. 2015. Mahmoud al-Haj Ali shops at Cer-... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Aurora, Illinois. 2015. The Al Hajali family at a new suburban... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Aurora, Illinois. 2015. Sham Al Hajali at home. The Al... 

Bruce Gilden 2016

USA. Brooklyn, NY. 2016. Mohammed, a Pakistani immigrant who... 
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