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The Melting Pot is Overflowing Since the founding of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607, immigrants have been coming to America. Immigration is usually caused by push and pull factors meaning, certain elements that attract immigrants to the United States, and certain influences, which force them to leave their native country. As a young nation in the early 19th century, the United States was brimming with a bounty of “pull” factors. The most enticing among these pull factors, …

…democracy, and diversity definitely have a unifying power. To value equality and understand respectfully the diversity of the worlds cultures, and to celebrate the diversity of cultures within our own nation should be the goal for the United States as we enter the 21st century. The Untied States has the potential to set a positive example as a nation founded on values of equality, justice, and acceptance and to contribute to and unprecedented global prosperity.