It's partly human nature, and today's fear of and backlash
against immigrants is not unlike what's happened during past waves of newcomers like the
Poles, Jews, Russians and Italians, not to mention the
Irish.
The main reason is because people are unfamiliar
with the new culture, and see it as a threat to their own. They see signs and hear
conversations in a language they don't understand and don't want to and it makes them
uncomfortable. Also, when economic times are bad, immigrants are an easy target for
both politicians and natives, and since they are not part of the mainstream culture yet,
immigrants have a hard time defending themselves or becoming more accepted by
society.
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