U.S Immigrants Final Product

During Reconstruction

Experiences of immigrants during reconstruction

Immigrants often lived in so called "Slums"
They Often forced to take extremely less desirable jobs than non-immigrants
women and children had to work in order to make enough money to support a family \
The homes they did have consisted of very tight cramped spaces with "7-9 people living in a 700-900 sq foot apartment" Stated By loc.gov
The government poorly regulated the conditions they worked in often fire escapes were broken and fire escape doors were locked.

Success

it took little effort to immigrate

How a normal Day would usually Go for a Immigrant during reconstruction usually every day of the week including weekends and including children 13 and up

Wake up extremely early 4-am
go to work for 12-14 hours
get of work and take if they are lucky get home in 30 minutes
get home and eat dinner if there was any available
go to sleep and restart the process

What did living conditions look like? Rich Vs Poor Immigrants

Room in a Tenement House

This is what the inside living conditions were for immigrants during reconstruction

Rich Housing

This is what hosing for the rich looked like during reconstruction

These Images represent the conditions immigrants had to live in

I want to specifically point out the fact that they often had to have their kids work with them or also work to ensure that they had enough money to survive

I also want to point out the extremely cramped conditions that they had to work in.

Another issue was the horrible condition of the places they were living in they were almost always falling apart and violating a ton of building code violations.

Immigration Now

Struggles

They now have to do all the paperwork themselves it is really hard to immigrate to the United states
They Usual immigrate for less desirable jobs than non-immigrants
The Government does not treat them well

Successes

They have access to better working conditions than home countries

Immigrants are not treated much better than they were during reconstruction

Immigrants are Treated Poorly by the government

today it is not uncommon for "Children as young as 7 and 8, many of them wearing clothes caked with snot and tears, are caring for infants they’ve just met, the lawyers said." New York Times when in the custody of U.S immigration agency.

Immigration has increased in difficulty

Immigration has notoriously become very hard in the us it is not uncommon for immigrants to wait 3 or 4 years to be admitted to the united states through immigration systems.

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