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The Americans
As we speak, the U.S.
Census Bureau (2018)
estimated that the
population in America is:
But who are the Americans?
Although a lot of them
have European ancestry, it is
impossible today to say what a real
American looks like. America has
been a country of immigrants from
around the world from its very
beginning. While the government’s
policy on immigration changes
from time to time, there are always
new people coming into the
country.
According to the Census Bureau
(2016), the U.S. has 42.4 million
immigrants living there legally and
illegally.
https://cis.org/Report/Immigrants-United-States