A Brief History of Immigration to the United States
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Mr. Beat gives a (somewhat) brief history of immigration to the United States of America. Have you heard of that country? Boy, he sure has. Anyway...
Another law I left out was the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act. You can learn about it here: • The law that broke US ...
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0:00 Introduction
3:56 Sponsor (Betterhelp)
5:09 The First Immigrants
10:04 Protestant and English
12:42 The Rise of Nativism
15:26 Wait a second, should we limit immigration?
18:10 The biggest backlash against immigration yet
22:25 The backlash ends
Note: Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama were not actually "RADICAL LEFTISTS." I was trying to be "funny."
Also, another law I left out was the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act. It was pretty meh, and probably made illegal immigration even more of a mess today. Thanks Bill Clinton.
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i, for one, appreciate and love that joke
What do *you* think, Mr. Beat: How many people died because of actions and handlings done by US-presidents?
And do you think that the usual top 3 list is accurate?
1. Richard Nixon
2. Ronald Reagan
3. George Bush 2
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@@mike04574I remember on another channel they were talking about how it was selling data to people
@@mike04574betterhelp is "RADICAL LEFTISTS" /j
I just got an illegal immigration AD watching this.(PragerU) lmao.
Me too somehow.
Same here. The guy that claimed he was with the "Center for Immigration Studies." If it's PragerU, I automatically side-eye any credentials you may claim.
@@EmpressMermaidthe “Center for Immigration Studies” is an anti-immigrant think tank with an official-sounding name.
The I in PragerU stands for intelligence
@@Notreallyhereanymore🗣🔥🔥🔥
Ghanaian immigrant, mom got the green card lottery in 2002. She had a masters degree and so did my dad.
They sold everything to come to the states, worked at gas stations, security for shops, etc and are now both PhD holders lol
Wild ride for them for sure.
Hope you see this. Love your videos!!
That's awesome. Thanks for sharing that. I'm so glad you and your family are here. :)
Wow, that's amazing. Thanks for sharing your story.
Will you return to Ghana to make it great.
Glad they're in our country! We're lucky to have families like yours 😁
Similar story with my parents, but from India.
My senator's twitter tries very hard to convince us West Virginians that the border crisis is the most important thing to us. She says the drug crisis we face is coming from illegal immigrants smuggling drugs but that doesn't really consider that our biggest drug abuses can be got at wallgreens.
Please educate yourself before making stupid comments.
The biggest drug traffickers are Americans
West Virginian as well and agree. They're too blind to realize that (or you know $$)
these days that's pretty much all of twitter, not just your senator lol
@@iammrbeat what state do you live in?
Fun Fact: Barack Obama's dad was Kenyan, and his mom had English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, German, French, Swiss, and Ulster Scots descent.
Even more fun fact: Obama's mom's mom went to the same high school as me.
How come no one ever thinks he was born in Switzerland? ;)
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@@nobodyburgen4594 I think you know the reason why......lol
@@iammrbeat even more fun fact. I’ve been on the bed Barron Trump was conceived on
My partner is an immigrant and the level of mis/disinformation is WILD. Coming from a deeply conservative state we get to hear a lot of feedback and strong opinions about this. Thanks for making a video about this.
@Mr. Beat pls delete the sponsor part of this video, the thing your sponsoring is terrible, that program has fake and unprofessional “therapists” working in that field, please watch videos about this sponsor if you don’t understand me!
Edit: Thanks for some of the criticism to the people who disagree with me, but I still hate BetterHelp.
This is true. As a former user of betterhelp they are far from professional.
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It’s the large number of different immigration groups that makes a nation truly diverse.
Indeed
Which is the force what makes the nation truly great and adaptive to all sorts of sociological global economic fluctuations. Imagine the United States without immigrants during World War II? During the initial rollout of NAFTA? During the silicone Valley tech boom? During the expansion of biotech industries throughout the world? Hell, just imagine America without Chinese restaurants, the best damn pizza in the world, all you can eat sushi buffets,the kolache Factory, cinco de mayo, st Patrick’s day, Chicano culture, rap and hip-hop and country and bluegrass music. Everything we’ve absorbed, assimilated, improved, and embraced is almost entirely immigrant influenced. What a shame that some want to stifle and restrict the very diversity which makes every American human a better, more enriched person.
The regressive right wants to usa to fall, it would stagnate incredibly without immigration
@@zachramsay I'm pretty sure they want to restrict illegal immigration
Mr. Beat would you consider doing a mini biography video on William Goebel? He’s the only American governor to ever be assassinated in office, and his story is very interesting. He fought and won a duel against a former Confederate soldier over road tolls, initially lost his election, got the results overturned, was shot the day before his inauguration, almost caused a civil war in Kentucky, and then died a few days later.
Based🗿
@@stonecoldsteveaustin2095based?
I also like the story of Jim Leavelle, who was escorting Lee Harvey Oswald in the Dallas Police Headquarters when he got shot by Jack Ruby, Jim has many interesting tales although most of them aren't political. Like for example he was almost fatally hit by a rogue wave in pearl harbor, he accidentally shot a guy named Bob Portner while showing how L.C Graves tried to grab Jack Ruby's gun, he lost an eye, etc etc. And the man lived to 100. But he isn't anything to make an entire video about I guess, William Goebel is, though
I second both suggestions here!
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@@dakruise1you're brainwashed
Mr Beat you’ve made my family excited about history, my wife and I went to a history museum nearby and I would see things there that would make me say to myself, “Mr beat taught me about that!”
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When I went to Washington D.C and I would see and hear information that I've got from these videos
"You can live in Germany, Turkey, or Japan, but you can't become a German, a Turk, or a Japanese. But anyone, from any corner of the earth, can come live in America and become an American".
~ Ronald Reagan
Pretty inspirational quote.
Same with Mexico lol
@@Spongebrain97And Brazil, or Canada, or Argentina, or Australia, or New Zealand, or South Africa, or Singapore or whatever. Maybe now the United Kingdom as well.
It would be inspirational if it was true lol Germany and Turkey have many immigrant populations who are viewed as fully German/Turkish today
Reagan was right about immigration.
Although I understand the main message that quote is trying to convey, some claims in the quote are not true. For example in Germany, "Being German" doesn't specifically have anything to do with race. Cem Özdemir, who is the current agriculture minister of Germany, is of Turkish descent, he is the children of immigrants but he is still considered to be German and he identifies as a German. Similarly in Turkey, there are many people who are of Kurdish, Circassian ethnicity who consider themselves to be Turkish and they are regarded as Turkish by law.
Tell me why I got notified of this video while watching the "Papers Please" short film. I mean come on that's perfect timing.
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@@elmdixon yea it’s on CZcams with the same name but with “a short film” added it’s a short but good vid!
The algorithm knows. It knowwwwwwwwwws
"American Nativism" is one of the greatest antitheses I have ever heard
My family came to America in 1749 at the port of Philadelphia. They were born in France but then driven out along with others for being Huguenots. They were chased out of France to Germany and then the same ancestors took passage from Germany to America. All that religious persecution just for their 9th great grandson to be an internet atheist, sorry fam.
That would just happy you get to have religious liberty to be an Atheist.
My ancestors (well, some of them) were also Huguenots fleeing France. Mine were clearly less adventurous though, they only made it across the channel to Britain, where I live now.
All ends the same, I'm an internet atheist too!
The point of freedom of religion is about choice. You freely chose to be an atheists. I think your forefathers and foremothers would be proud.
@@kingace6186 I actually don't think so - they didn't flee because they wanted religious freedom, they fled because they didn't want to be killed for being protestants. They wanted everyone to be protestant, and had spent the previous decades in France trying to kill catholics and force them to be protestant, they just lost that struggle. They would probably consider me to be worse than a catholic (the people they had been trying to kill). I don't care what other people worship, but they certainly did.
Religious oppression makes atheists
Great video as usual Mr Beat!
As an Irish man, I just wanted to talk about something you said about Ireland in the video. 🇮🇪
The Great Famine took place between 1845-1852. Before this event the population of Ireland was around 8.5 million. The Famine took the lives of 1 million while another 1 million emigrated creating what we now call the Irish Diaspora which is estimated to be about 80 million people today, including 33 million in the US alone!
Sustained emigration took place all the way up until around the 1960s when our population hit its lowest point of around 2.5 - 3 million. That’s right, our population had more than halved since the Famine.
It was only in the 1960s and 1970s that Ireland began to see significant economic changes and growth and with it came a boost in population.
Today, our population sits at around 5.2 million. This number shows the effect the Great Famine had on our country. We still haven’t recovered in population since and it was 172 years ago.
It’s also worth noting that many in Ireland (including myself admittedly) believe that there wasn’t a Famine in Ireland in 1845 as much as there was an attempted genocide committed by the British Empire.
It’s believed there was more than enough food in the country at the time but it was being shipped out to feed people elsewhere. Many believe it was at the time, one of the largest man-made famines of all time. This however, is a debate for another time…
Thank you for all the great videos Mr Beat, I’m a an avid subscriber all the way from Ireland 🇮🇪
Keep them coming!
He's a silly liberal, America has over 340 million people in 2024 and that isn't even counting the illegals and we have millions. Just to give you an idea, we had about 282 million people in 2000. We have added about 60 million people in less than 25 years. Liberals like him, I wonder what is the cut off, 800 million or a billion people? Parts of America are already having water and housing shortages.
I love your videos so much! My dad is a high school government teacher and watching your videos reminds me of him! Thank you for being a creator!
I appreciate the kind words!
Fun fact My dad side of the family is actually of Jewish and Italian origin and my mom side is of Czechoslovakian origin
Right on. Have you done a genealogy test?
You getting a role in the Sopranos for sure
Both Czech AND Slovakian? /s
@@iammrbeat not yet but I hope to in the future
@@RandomNonsense1985 yes because my mom’s dad was born on August 1931 and his parents immigrated From Czechoslovakia so I have both southern and eastern European origins
Such a great, informational channel. I love how you cover history that is esoteric and often irrelevant (at least at first glance) to current headlines - truly the kind of thing CZcams was made for.
Another great video by the Beat man!
Thanks for being here early.
@@iammrbeatI got the bell ringed 😉
I immigrated to New York from New Jersey.
Damn...
🤢🤮 why move to that shithole. 👎🏿
Great Video Matt, one of your best
Woah, I'm so glad you think so!
Love the videos Mr. Beat. Daca beneficiary here. First of my family to graduate high school, college, and entering my 3rd and final year of law school. Started a company since 2017 and its still going. All I have to say is that no man is an island and i wouldn't have made it this far without the help of so many. Thanks for covering it!
Great video Mr Beat, also I got a video suggestion. You should review A24’s Civil War movie and maybe compare it to the actual civil war? (Though there’s not much information about the movie on why there’s the war)
I actually kind of did this already! I gave my thoughts on the film in a livestream on Twitch a few weeks back. Perhaps I can stitch together a video from it for this channel? Thanks for the suggestion!
@@iammrbeat that would be awesome!
This is going to be another great video because you make amazing videos and I learn more due to watching your content.
Thanks for the preemptive compliment. lol
@@iammrbeat You’re welcome
In times of darkening ignorance about the topic of migration, videos like these are beacons of hope.
LOL
Man I love your content so much Mr.Beat! I loved history class when I was in High School and briefly when I attended some college terms. You are doing a great job educating others
Good ol' America! We moved in, kicked out our roommates, and then proceeded to cry and whine when new roommates moved in more peacefully than we did.
Americans came and created a new government and society, they didn't want to leech off a system already created. What is happening today is more like parasitism.
The new roommates lower wages for the least skilled jobs and in an increasing number of states are eligible for taxpayer benefits.
You can pay for them if you want.
Yup.
"Move in via bias divine dictate & the disease that same divinity cursed only you with, for some reason, or it didn't happen": should be the small print on the US flag
That's because they think THEY have all rights and are better than others. That's what supremacy is
Im a second-generation immigrant with Italian and Ethiopian parents. I was born in the uk, but I didn't become a full citizen till 2020. Despite that, i know i will never be english. But hell, anyone from anywhere can be American.
Italian and Ethiopian? Considering the history between those two countries, it's interesting that your families found love.
I'm a DACA recipient from Guatemala with cerebral palsy. My family came when I was 2, and I just became a citizen last year.
Congrats!
Congrats!
@@mcv2178 thank you!
Que bueno compa
@@Rossoneri2 gracias compa, tuve suerte de no fracasar en todas las partes del proceso.
I really appreciate all you do!! Most people either are not taught or just never understood a lot of the things you talk about.
Our immigration issues are a direct result of our own foreign policies.
An alarming segment of our populace does not have any concept of consequences even on a personal level, let alone a national one. Flexing your geopolitical muscle by meddling in the affairs of less-powerful nations, will come back to haunt you.
It's messy and unfortunate, but I think the least we can do (other than voting) is just being kind to people and acknowledging their struggles. This country would not exist without immigrants, and our continued economic success relies on immigration.
Super true. The United States, its government agencies, and corporations have meddled in the political and economic affairs of countries in South and Central America. Crazy to think that many Americans now don’t know this.
I disagree more than agree. It is most apparently true in certain Latin American cases, but in general I think the narrative of the US "meddling in the affairs of less-powerful nations" is too often used to deprive those countries agency and responsibility over their own issues. It is too easy to scapegoat the big countries like the US, Russia, China etc.
@enduser8410 many of these countries sucked and were ruled by white minorities before the US even existed. The Spanish empire fan boys brag about it all the time
Yes, What you said was EXTREMELY true, its only consequence of Extreme western imperial colonialism, antone disagreeing needs to learn history of the West.
@@kat1284 Its very strange (actually its not), that the countries whose image is always Declaring FREEDOM and Democracy and liberty, is extremely in love with dictatorships.
Just not in their own countries...
They love installing it in SO MANY other countries, and not just that its not even a 2 birds 1 stone, but 5 birds with 1 stone, such as they get to claim moral uprighteousness and condescend everyone else not a democracy after they installed dictatorships, so they can do repeated intervwntions in said countries to "bring democracy".
Nice Shirt, In East Africa we call it "Gitenge"
Right on. A Kenyan immigrant gave it to me!
What's an "immigrant"?
@@4N4L4Seinfeldit's what 71% of modern Americans' ancestors were
Currently trying to immigrate to the US from Canada. it's a loooong process and I am married to a US citizen.
It is indeed. Good luck with the rest of the process. I'm sorry if it's causing you stress. :/
No it’s not. Because you are married to a U.S. citizen.
A Canadian immigrating to the US is like a Finnish person moving to Russia.
Fly to Mexico, cross the border and Joey Biden will hook you up.
Fly to Mexico, cross the border and Joey will help you out.
Can’t wait for more great historical analysis MrBeat!!!
Love the vid Beat, better education on immigration is something sorely needed!
always love the vids mr beat
Thanks Austin!
The media can be blamed, sure. But I think more importantly the blame falls on a current citizen that told lawmakers to not vote for the recent border security bill.
Absolutely
I don't consider an insurrectionist as a "current citizen".
You mean the border security bill that allows for the amnesty loophole to be used and exploited?
@@JChang0114 I wouldn't call that a fair representation, no.
@@twonumber22 "I wouldn't call that a fair representation, no."
What would the border bill do for persons calming amnesty?
Don't tell me that it provides more funds for Immigration judges as I don't think Biden can build a Law School and spam the hotkey "J" for more judges like in a computer game.
Well done--great video Matt. Thanks again!👍
"Planes, Trains and Automobiles" a rare Thanksgiving movie.
You should talk about documented dreamers. These are the children of legal immigrants who come to the US as young children, apply for permanent residency legally as children, but due to the backlogs caused by per country caps(specifically for Asian countries, primarily India and China), they turn 21 before they receive it and are no longer allowed to be in the US since they lose their status since they are no longer considered children under immigration law, thus they have deport themselves despite growing up here legally and following all the laws regarding applying for permanent residency
That deserves an entire video
That's messed up.
That's what people don't get about the immigration system. You will see comments everywhere talking about 'Oh, why don't she/he just apply?'. LOL. If it's that simple.
It seems the real problem is why the entire family isn't accepted for legal immigration all at once in the first place. If they have to wait a few extra years to clear some backlogs, that's better than only granting legal immigration status partially among families.
America can't keep taking in so many people, it's just common sense, we have added almost 60 million people since 2000 and we have a declining middle class. Do liberals want to see the country collapse?
Another great beat, Mr. Video!
Thank you!
I like the pace of this video. Nice job Mr beat!
This was such a cool video! My Dad’s patrilineal line came to the US in the 1860s from Cornwall to work in the mines of Nevada and Montana, while his Matrilineal line came from Germany in the 1890s. Mom’s patrilineal line came to the US in the 1920s from England, while her matrilineal line came in the 1880s from Ireland (there’s more than that on both sides of my tree but I’m keeping it simple haha.) Always find videos about this topic interesting! Great video! =)
Genealogy is fascinating, ain't it? Thanks for the kind words!
@@iammrbeat it is very fascinating, yeah! I got interested in it around the time of my 15th birthday in 2016 and 8 years later it’s taken over my life haha. Generally speaking I’m of English, German, French, Irish, Scottish, and Dutch descent, but there’s also Austrian, Danish, and Welsh (there’s French-Canadian and Swiss-German but I just group those with French and German respectively). Immigrated to places like New England, Missouri, Kansas, and Virginia to eventually end up in the far west. Wish I had more friends that were into this stuff. And you’re welcome! Always a good day when you upload!
@@elmdixon that’s pretty cool! : D. My family history here fluctuates back and forth, sometimes depending on the line. Despite my Dad’s Matrilineal line coming in the 1890s from Germany, my 2nd great grandfather on my paternal grandma’s line, Friedrich, married a French woman (which, heh, I have to wonder the rate at which that occurred back in that time frame considering the rivalry). My paternal great grandmother through my paternal grandfather had ancestors from Prussia, even from the parts of Prussia that are now Polish. They were Mennonites and originally moved to a colony in Ukraine for a while before coming to Kansas. When they made their way to California in the 1910s they took up ranching.
As for my Mom’s side, my Great Grandfather on my Mom’s patrilineal line served in the First World War and Russian Civil War in the British army. He came to Ellis Island in November 1921 and made his way to Texas where he met my Great Grandmother. On my Mom’s matrilineal end, my maternal grandmother’s patrilineal end is almost impossible to research but that end came from County Galway, Ireland in the 1880s. Always really enjoy hearing other people’s family histories, always interesting factoids to be heard from them.
Another great vid Beat!
I appreciate you always. Have a great weekend. :)
You Tuber Feli From Germany did an excellent video about German immigration to the US. She is an immigrant herself who started her channel while studytng for her master's degree a a US university. She's now a permanent US resident.
I will check it out
Based fellow Feli enjoyer
@@MadMike1 I used to watch her videos, but God damn they are so long and rambling. Not trying to yuck anyone's yum, just why I stopped watching
Did she says that bad treatman of Polish immigrans in USA, including polish jokes, is mostly root in German migration?
There will be no ethnic Germans in Germany in 100 years. What a shame.
Thank you for making amazing videos Mr. Beat
Thanks for watching!
i wish you talked about immigration during the time after 9/11. Immigrants experienced a lot of discrimination and cases of arbitrary deportation during that time.
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Not saying you’re wrong but how is BetterHelp bad?
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nice and informative.
Thanks for doing this
I think this is a very informative video, however I feel like you could've elaborated a bit more on why so many immigrants from South & Central America are currently coming to the US. I know it's a larger topic that would probably require a video of it's own, but I think it's important context. The US paints it as bad that they're coming here, but never discuss how the economic problems that many of these countries face are the direct result of US (or rather CIA) meddling throughout the 20th century.
The minute the United States stopped meddling in El Salvador, Mexico, Chile, Peru, and Nicaragua immigrants stopped coming as much. That should tell you everything. Most immigrants from Latin America today are from Venezuela, which is under a U.S. blockade. Yes the Maduro regime has to take a lot of the blame but the United States is not helping things
Not defending what the American government has done in those countries, but we didn't do it as citizens, and we can't keep taking people in. It's common sense, we need many things fixed before we accept new people.
@EddieHenderson92 "we need many things fixed" which would require tax dollars which having more people would provide 🤔. Not saying you're one of these people, but the same people who say "no one wants to work anymore" are the same that want to deny immigrants (people coming here willing to work).
YO MR BEAT! Nice shirt dude
Thank you for making this video
Thanks for watching!
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My partner comes from a foreign nation and we have been very worried with the rise of nativist rhetoric in the United States. She hasn’t immigrated yet but we worry if a certain President wins this November, that it may become even more difficult for her to come. I hope to god things get better
America has added almost 60 million people in less than 25 years, what is the cut off number? wait until we hit a billion, we are running out of food, water, housing and so on? By the way, that is happening in certain parts of the country right now.
Thanks for covering this, Mr. Beat. I feel like everyone should know and be reminded of the history of immigration to this country and the reasons for it in order to make an informed decision when voting or discussing the topic. My dad immigrated from Mexico with his close family when he was 16. It’s definitely left a lasting impression on our family, and my identity. From my grandparents having a “better” experience crossing the border because of their economic status and color of their skin, to the struggles of gaining their citizenship and finding stable careers and higher education. There is so much to discuss regarding immigration, and I think you did a great job with this video 👍 Thanks again!
Great video as always
Thank you!
Nice video! I was hoping you would mention the Bracero Program (1942-1964). It might be a good topic for it’s own video.
Better help sponsorship? Yikes. You said you taught kids? Thats how you put those kids in danger, Beat.
Better help is the worst
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“The United States can draw on the world’s talent pool of 7 billion people and recombine them into a diverse culture that exudes creativity in a way that ethnic nationalism cannot.” - Lee Kuan Yew, the Founding Father of Singapore
Despite the nativist sentiments that arise occasionally, I believe one of America’s greatest strengths is its history of immigration
Better Help is no good, man!!
I'm a child of immigrants. Both of them love this country very much. They aren't drug smugglers, terrorists, or invaders. They aren't 'corrupting the blood of the country.' They pay their taxes, work hard, and learned English. Thank you Mr. Beat for covering this in a responsible manner.
Nobody is saying all immigrants are drug dealers. The thing is though, some of them are. America 100 percent supports legal immigration, but it’s illegal immigration that is a danger to our country. People could have unknown criminal history, be wanted by the law, or smuggling drugs. Like I said, I know all illegal immigrant aren’t dangerous people, but some are.
Those are people nobody has a problem with. It's the people that are that are the problem. They do exist, and it's even worse in Europe. It's not failed integration because every country has the same problem.
Illegal immigrants are trespassers. Trespassing shouldn’t be allowed.
Legal immigrants should be allowed.
@@caryptic6684it'd be a lot simpler if the process wasn't so incredibly long. It took a decade for me to get approved, my own aunt's parents passed before they got theirs. All that time and money for nothing
@@caryptic6684They werent saying that same thing when it was only immigrants from "lowly" Europe, seeing as how uneducated the populace was much moreso back then, or were they? Regardless, they all still came and immigrants made things better. Thus, immigrants are to be allowed.
Just wanted to give a shout out for one of the funniest movies with John Candy being a reference here. Bravo.
I'm irish, went on a holiday to New york and checked out the museum of immigration there. Its startling to see the vitriol directed and irish people at the time and how things have changed.
Now it’s Mexicans , generally if your Catholic you get targeted
When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native born. love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in egypt. I am the lord your god. Leviticus 19:33-34
So just keep adding people until America is broke? Interesting
Migrated to the US from Mexico in 2012 through my mom's employer. Naturalized in 2021 🇺🇲
Also, I always find it disingenuous when nativists (especially those of Italian/Irish/German descent) make the claim that their families came here "the right way"/legally. My brother in Christ, before the 1920s pretty much anyone (except the Chinese) could come and go as they pleased.
Live in the modern-day world, America can't keep taking people in.
Hey Mr beast also thank for including Nogales. That’s where my family was from.
I was just watching your failed presidential candidates tier list and I saw that one of the super chats brought up the 1876 South Carolina gubernatorial election and as a South Carolinian, that would be such a cool video to see! Especially in the upstate, there’s a lot of Wade Hampton related stuff, including a high school and a major highway.
Great video! Do you think you'll ever make another video on logical fallacies?
Do you want me to? I could I guess
@@iammrbeat Yes please!! I really loved the way you dissected Joe and Ben's conversation. It was truly the perfect blend of entertaining and informational. High key, I rewatch that video every few months because I found it so entertaining and to refresh myself on few logical fallacies.
Incredibly minor error at 11:12 - Puritans and Presbyterians are types of Calvinists, so mentioning Calvinists as if they were a separate group is slightly misleading.
Very well done!
Great shirt, Mr. Beat.
I'm not sure how many more better help sponsorship reads our parasocial relationship can take Mr Beat
I’m not an immigrant, but I am the child of immigrants. Both of my parents are undocumented. That being said, I would argue that my parents are just as if not more American than I am. They choose to stay here, contribute to the economy, pay taxes, and overall live an American style of life. Without them, I would be nothing. I’m so grateful for my parents, they worked extremely hard so that I can have a typical American upbringing. Tee ball, prom, college, and even getting married. I wouldn’t have been able to do any of that without my parents sacrificing their time and energy working so that I could enjoy the fruits of their labor. Gracias mama y papa.
Cool. Your parents probably took jobs for lower pay than what an American would take.
I hope they're proud of you
Nice! You shouldn’t be punished for your parents’ actions but they should be deported.
@@citrused8571 Thanks! You’re wrong though, they should be made into citizens. They have for sure been in this country longer than you have been alive, hence they have definitely contributed more to the economy than you have (in your entire life). There should be an easier path to citizenship for people who arrived here legally but have a 100% clean record, which both my parents have btw.
@@TehGalvanatorWell, they broke the law by entering illegally, it should be hard to get into our great country. They shouldn't be citizens, so their record isn't clean anymore!
Beautiful video mr beat
Heck yeah! Mr. Beat Friday!
Do a vid on the Palestinian Genocide bro🙏🏽
It is so sad that he's now accepted a sponsorship from better help. Of all the CZcamsrs I watch, I expected him to be better. So sad.
If he searches up about why its bad and apologizes for taking a sponsorship from them then maybe when can forgive him.
The next mr beat banger dropped LETS GOO
Thanks for being here early to watch. :)
Great video, awesome shirt! You get it at Dan Flashes?
I get out immigration system isn’t perfect but I truly believe our politicians and media overhype it and scapegoat our immigrants. Many of my friends are immigrants and undocumented and they are the nicest people I’ve ever met ❤
Yup, anything bad happens in the country politicians are ready to blame it on Latinos.
Being nice has nothing to do with it, we have added about 60 million people since 2000 and that is a problem. We have to stop adding people until we fix many other problems, we have 340 million people not counting the millions of illegals, we have a declining middle class and citizens that need help. It's just common sense and the left has lost that for whatever reason when it comes to this issue.
Yay new video
Thanks for being here early.
Came the United States back in 2012 as a 13 year old through the diversity Visa lottery system, came here with my whole family, will be starting medical school as a military 2nd lieutenant this July and sister is in dental school. America has given us everything that we have, and we owe this country a lot. Proud to be an immigrant Nepali American.
Superb man!!
Great video! I used to teach citizenship classes to immigrants prior to the pandemic and my wife is an immigrant from Siberia. I can attest to how difficult, time-consuming, and expensive trying to immigrate to this country legally can be even under the best circumstances, especially if citizenship is the end goal. The vast majority of my own ancestors arrived prior to the Civil War, with some arriving as far back as 1635 Jamestown, so most of them arrived before well the increasingly strict national immigration restrictions began to materialize at the end of the 19th century.
Tsk tsk, I know you’re a good researcher but research about the sponsor before blindly doing it.
Thank you mr beat
Wait, for the UAE and Saudi Arabian having a higher immigration rate/% of immigrants rate, is this including migrant labor under temporary contracts?
From my understanding several of the countries you cited have high rates of migrant labor that is contractually time bound based upon the projects they are working on. It probably would be incredibly hard to section that out based upon publicly available data, but it's also not generally what we would call immigration. Of course that might be accounted for already, but I couldn't find much specifics quickly through googling. Do you know if your numbers included this or excluded this?
I'm an immigrant and I use your channel to familiarize myself on American history which I find so interesting. heck it would also help me pass that civic test required to get citizenship.
What is your position on tiny aliens being stuck in our microwave ovens. I asked Mr. Vermin Supreme this question and i would like to know your stance. Many Thanks
Recommended listening for the younger crowd who may have never heard it - "America" by Neil Diamond.
These pictures are giving me serious flashbacks to flipping through my giant middle school history textbook. 🍎🏫
I really enjoyed, One Billion Americans, by Matthew Yglesias. It makes a strong case for needing more people for America to stay on top economically. This can only really be done via immigration, and it points to multiple examples of how even "worst case" immigration situations still benefitted the country/region. In particular, Cuba trolled us good when we allowed a one time anyone can flee the country since it was falling to communism, and they sent us boatlods of criminals and unwanted persons to Miami. But, it still helped the economy.
For many reasons, the American economy does just fine so long as it has more people to sell stuff to. So let's get more people not less.
(seriously, the west is shrinking and the economies of many countries are fucked, America has a golden ticket out and people are like, nah, let's fuck ourselves too)
I've read it! It's a compelling book for sure.
Yes I am an immigrant from Canada. It’s a long, arduous, and expensive process but I’m glad I did it so I can be with my spouse. Love your videos keep it up.
I'm glad you're here. Thank you for the kind words
great topic too!
Mr. Beat, I had an interesting idea that could be used for a video.
You should do a video about the different presidents that smoked tobacco.
2:28 The U.S. Border Patrol will be 100 years old tomorrow.