<div id="ooyalaplayer" style="width: 800px; height: 450px;"></div><div style="display:none;" id="kalturavideoplaceholder">kalturavideoplaceholder</div><div><div><script src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js"></script><div class="g-ytsubscribe" data-channel="BusinessInsider" data-layout="full" data-count="default"></div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&#xa0;</span></p><p class="embed-spacer"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">In 1607, the English established their first permanent settlement in Jamestown, Virginia.</span></p><p class="embed-spacer"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Over the coming centuries, millions of people from around the globe were attracted to this New World that came to be the US for a chance at a better life.</span></p><p class="embed-spacer"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Today, more than 1 in 8 Americans are immigrants, and almost all are descendants of those born in foreign lands.</span></p><p><em>Produced by Alex Kuzoian</em></p><p><strong>Follow BI Video:</strong> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BusinessInsider.Video?fref=ts">On Facebook</a></p>

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Animated map shows the history of immigration to the US

kalturavideoplaceholder&#xa0;In 1607, the English established their first permanent settlement in Jamestown, Virginia.Over the coming centuries, millions of people from around the globe were attracted to this New World that came to be the US for a chance at a better life.Today, more than 1 in 8 Americans are immigrants, and almost all are descendants of those born in foreign lands.Produced by Alex KuzoianFollow BI Video: On Facebook

kalturavideoplaceholder&#xa0;In 1607, the English established their first permanent settlement in Jamestown, Virginia. Over the coming centuries, millions of people from around the globe were attracted to this New World that came to be the US for a chance at a better life.

Animated map shows the history of immigration to the US

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