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Why do you think some immigrants left their homeland to move to a place where their future was uncertain?

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The feared the European "worst" more than the American one, and knew they had less chance of avoiding it
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There are many push factors to cause immigrants to leave their homeland for a land of uncertainty:

Religious / Racial / Sexual Persecution
More economic opportunity elsewhere
better education elsewhere
better quality of life elsewhere

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