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Opportunities and Hardships for Immigrants

Some opportunities and good things for the immigrants included living in same neighborhoods as other people in their cultures. This made it easier for the immigrants to live because everyone spoke the same language and thought in a similar way. They also provided religious buildings and formed groups together. Immigrants helped each other out, forming benevolent societies, which helps immigrants with sicknesses and unemployment.

However, some hardships included the low wages, the poor standard of living. Although it was an improvement from their former lives, many immigrants faced the hardships of America such as the rigorous entrance of going into America, which includes physical exams, as well as background checks. Also, people such as the nativists strived to make life as hard as they could for the immigrants.